Kevin Reilly

I remember coming up in the business and seeing how the grind turned some executives into grizzled cynics. And I vowed to never become that guy. I have always believed it's incumbent upon network brass to bring a wide-eyed optimism to the chairs they rent. Talent deserves that. And frankly, the jobs are just no fun otherwise.

Joseph Rotblat

At a time when science plays such a powerful role in the life of society, when the destiny of the whole of mankind may hinge on the results of scientific research, it is incumbent on all scientists to be fully conscious of that role, and conduct themselves accordingly.

Polish Physicist

Robert Peel

The police are the public and the public are the police; the police being only members of the public who are paid to give full time attention to duties which are incumbent on every citizen in the interests of community welfare and existence.

English Leader

Ruben Hinojosa

It is incumbent upon all of us to build communities with the educational opportunities and support systems in place to help our youth become successful adults.

American Politician

Henry Rollins

I think it is incumbent on anyone who can to lift human dignity to the highest possible levels, maintaining one's own and helping to raise that of others.

American Musician

Thomas Jefferson

It is incumbent on every generation to pay its own debts as it goes. A principle which if acted on would save one-half the wars of the world.

American President

Baruch Spinoza

To give aid to every poor man is far beyond the reach and power of every man. Care of the poor is incumbent on society as a whole.

Dutch Philosopher

Jill Ellis

It's incumbent on you to play games outside your region that will really test you. That's important to keep your edge.

British Coach

Tom Daschle

It was important for us to be as supportive as our candidates and as our incumbent senators would have us be.

Eric Schmidt

Washington is an incumbent protection machine. Technology is fundamentally disruptive.

American Businessman

Often used in a political context to describe someone with an official position.

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While common in politics, it applies to any appointed or elected role.

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Refers to the present holder of a position, not necessarily after leaving it.

Before vs. After

Incumbents may have the upper hand in elections due to experience or recognition.

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Removing an incumbent from office may be called 'unseating'.

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The word stresses a strong, often moral, duty or responsibility.

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 incumbents and the insurgents and we've seen this happen over and over again right egypt tunisia libya between when i was invited here and now we've seen it in ukraine and we're now in a world where it is obvious that there is not an autocratic government in this world that regards the spread of social media in

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 to solve what you showed in the first part? I think that the crossing -- you know, I've only been in the business world for 15 years. But one of the things I've learned is that apparently it matters if a new product or service is more expensive than the incumbent, or cheaper than.

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 There are a couple of things going on right now that I want to bring to your attention. There is a lot of discussion now about a consumer financial protection agency, how to mandate simplicity. We see all this complexity. It's incumbent upon us, and this organization, I believe,

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 where they are and then i think i spend a lot of my time acting as a kind of translator or or a bridge between different worlds particularly particularly paying attention to early signals of change because both incumbent businesses and incumbent politicians

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 to take the constitutional and judicial oaths. In doing so, they solemnly swear to administer justice without respect to persons and do equal right to the poor and the rich and faithfully and impartially discharge and perform all the duties incumbent

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 It's incumbent on us to shape the direction that the world goes in or that the regions that we live in go in, in the future. Geography is what we make of it. You know, we have the tools at our disposal to build a different model of civilization.

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 advantage of another community who wants to hear that only a certain set of exceptional extraordinary people people of goodwill and an formidable character are prepared to have that conversation and then think about what is incumbent

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 We call this remote surgery. It is incumbent on us to find solutions that solve these answers in a cost-effective and scalable way, so that everyone, no matter where they are in the world, can have these problems addressed.

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 really going into turbo mode on raising funds for women on finding and recruiting women candidates um on supporting incumbents that they felt you know women women incumbents and that they felt um you know

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 when recovery can occur it's incumbent upon us as a society to value that and to work in ways with various industries and government authorities to protect

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