Acknowledging each other is our basic responsibility as human beings living in community with other human beings.

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At other times, we have failed to meet our basic responsibility to protect the public interest, leading to disastrous consequences.

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But we will not negotiate over the basic responsibility of Congress to do its job, which is to pay the bills incurred by the United States.

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This is not about stopping people eating horsemeat -- that is a personal choice -- it is about fulfilling our basic responsibility to care for horses during their lifetime.

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It's not about activism, but about being engaged with our world and humanity in a way that goes beyond the superficial, instead looking deeper into historical constructions of our present state and the basic principles of human responsibility.

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This Consultation provided UNESCO and other international organizations an opportunity to advocate provision of free basic education as a right, and the responsibility of the state towards education of its masses.

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Dr. JENDAYI FRAZER (Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs): Well, the basic message was that the government of Sudan needs to take responsibility for ending the humanitarian crisis and the war in Darfur.

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It seems to me there are two basic mistakes we make when apologizing, and both of them have to do with not really taking responsibility for having done something wrong.

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