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Example sentences for: obligation

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But the WP reports that at the Cabinet meeting, when HHS Secretary Donna Shalala asked Clinton if he didn't think he had an obligation to provide moral leadership, Clinton "let her have it," saying that if her logic had prevailed in 1960, Richard Nixon would have been elected instead of John Kennedy.
In other words, he feels an ethical obligation to live according to his publicly expressed beliefs.
"We have to redefine the national community so that we have a shared obligation to save children's lives."
Prudie knows committed couples whose relationships have all the ingredients of a really good marriage, and all that's missing are recognition from the state and contractual obligation.
The legal profession, German said, has an obligation to provide access to the justice system because it has taken on the role of gateway to that system.