Furthermore, to assess the extent of those rights the right to privacy must be balanced against the government's duty to enforce the law.

The judges also added that it would go against Britain's duty to respect the rights of the Republic of Cyprus in the south.

It would be like using my power against the Order, against my own duty to the future of mankind.

He goes against his duty to follow through with his sentence and flees to fight his final rebellion against the central government's army.

"The components must be weighed - our dangers balanced against our duty to other life forms, friendly or not."

Man-Arctica balances a mild disdain for humanity against his duty to save them from harm.

"You have to balance your legitimate feelings of condemnation," he said, "against your sworn duty to protect the Constitution, which allows people to say offensive things."

Others feel that aiding in the patient's death goes against a physician's duty to preserve life.

"The inquiry is a difficult one, for its pits the judiciary's search for truth against the executive's duty to maintain the nation's security."

You may be right, my friend," he said, "but it goes against the grain and against my duty to let things be.