There can be only one reason why we must do what duty deman… - Immanuel Kant

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There can be only one reason why we must do what duty demands, and that is that we demand it of ourselves.

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Immanuel Kant (22 April 1724 – 12 February 1804), born Emanuel Kant, was a German philosopher.

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