Selbsterhaltung / Self-Preservation Verantwortung / Responsibility Zuerst / First
Self-preservation is the first law of nature.
Fear, born of that stern matron, Responsibility.
Plagiarists, at least, have the merit of preservation.
Perhaps it's a curse, but when you are a Lutheran, you have a sense of responsibility.
My first responsibility is to keep America safe.
I have an instinct for survival, for self-preservation.
Our responsibility is to focus on the House. The Senate's the Senate.
My No. 1 responsibility when I'm not slaying zombies is being a parent.
I use that as my responsibility on the show, to be the pragmatist.