| His public image was the personification of noblesse oblige, a wholesome and vigorous young president with a beautiful wife and young children. |
| But that privileged upbringing is supposed to be accompanied by a bit of noblesse oblige. |
| The dominant culture, masculinist and egalitarian, was opposed to any such display of noblesse oblige. |
| Talented people, by the doctrine noblesse oblige, have a special accountability. |
| Mitt Romney started off this campaign cycle as a noblesse oblige candidate. |
| The citizen owns the state and receives from it neither charity nor the generosity of noblesse oblige. |
