--- title: "13 Nation Ought Quotes by 10 authors" description: "Browse 13 Nation Ought quotes by 10 authors. Discover the best Nation Ought sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/72c/anonymous-1_james-madison_as-james-madison-put-it-the-nation-ought_1382554.jpg" --- > [“As James Madison put it, the nation ought to be constituted “to protect the minority of the opulent against the majority.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/as-james-madison-put-it-the-nation-ought-to-be-constituted-to-protect/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/72c/anonymous-1_james-madison_as-james-madison-put-it-the-nation-ought_1382554.jpg) > [If America ever passes out as a great nation, we ought to put on our tombstone: America died from a delusion she…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/will-rogers/if-america-ever-passes-out-as-a-great-nation-we-ought-to-put-on-our/) [Will Rogers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/will-rogers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/713/will-rogers-272_america_if-america-ever-passes-out-as-a-great-na_2685132.jpg) > [True statesmanship is the art of changing a nation from what it is into what it ought to be.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-rounseville-alger/true-statesmanship-is-the-art-of-changing-a-nation-from-what-it-is/) [William Rounseville Alger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-rounseville-alger/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3c7/william-rounseville-alger-1637_art_true-statesmanship-is-the-art-of-changin_2601065.jpg) > [Every nation ought to have a right to provide for its own happiness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-hamilton/every-nation-ought-to-have-a-right-to-provide-for-its-own-happiness/) [Alexander Hamilton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-hamilton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/14a/alexander-hamilton-619_foreign-policy_every-nation-ought-to-have-a-right-to-pr_3002882.jpg) > [The nation ought to have a tax system which looks like someone designed it on purpose.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-e-simon/the-nation-ought-to-have-a-tax-system-which-looks-like-someone/) [William E. Simon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-e-simon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dde/william-e-simon-18151_designed_the-nation-ought-to-have-a-tax-system-wh_2863993.jpg) > [No nation ought to keep a navy larger than is necessary to do police duty.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/no-nation-ought-to-keep-a-navy-larger-than-is-necessary-to-do-police/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/285/anonymous-1_duty_no-nation-ought-to-keep-a-navy-larger-th_1424170.jpg) > [The blood of a nation ought never to be shed except for its own preservation in the utmost extremity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francois-fenelon/the-blood-of-a-nation-ought-never-to-be-shed-except-for-its-own/) [Francois Fenelon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francois-fenelon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/571/francois-fenelon-2077_blood_the-blood-of-a-nation-ought-never-to-be_1773835.png) > [ \[I\]n framing a Government for a nation we ought, in those provisions which are designed to be permanent, to calculate not on… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-hamilton/i-n-framing-a-government-for-a-nation-we-ought-in-those-provisions/) [Alexander Hamilton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-hamilton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/56e/alexander-hamilton-619_causes_i-n-framing-a-government-for-a-nation-we_1783281.jpg) > [Americans will quarrel over how, who, or what to rescue or save, but the idea that the nation ought to be off…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicholas-von-hoffman/americans-will-quarrel-over-how-who-or-what-to-rescue-or-save-but-the/) [Nicholas von Hoffman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicholas-von-hoffman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f37/nicholas-von-hoffman-32722_americans_americans-will-quarrel-over-how-who-or-w_37485.jpg) > [he'd know that I think that . . . well, that bending an enemy's will through military force is the absolute last…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meg-cabot/he-d-know-that-i-think-that-well-that-bending-an-enemy-s-will-through/) [Meg Cabot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meg-cabot/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/770/meg-cabot-460_bending_he-d-know-that-i-think-that-well-that-be_834846.png) > [All those who seek to destroy the liberties of a democratic nation ought to know that war is the surest and shortest…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexis-de-tocqueville/all-those-who-seek-to-destroy-the-liberties-of-a-democratic-nation/) [Alexis de Tocqueville](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexis-de-tocqueville/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a9c/alexis-de-tocqueville-625_accomplish_all-those-who-seek-to-destroy-the-libert_827618.png) > [Law in general is human reason, inasmuch as it governs all the inhabitants of the earth: the political and civil laws of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/law-in-general-is-human-reason-inasmuch-as-it-governs-all-the/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4a5/anonymous-1_cases_law-in-general-is-human-reason-inasmuch_3019494.jpg) > [One good Man may take another's Word, if they so agree, but a whole Nation ought never to trust to any Honesty,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernard-de-mandeville/one-good-man-may-take-another-s-word-if-they-so-agree-but-a-whole/) [Bernard de Mandeville](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernard-de-mandeville/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/846/bernard-de-mandeville-25947_agree_one-good-man-may-take-another-s-word-if_610237.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/nation-ought/#itemlist", "name": "Nation Ought Quotes", "numberOfItems": 13, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“As James Madison put it, the nation ought to be constituted “to protect the 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