Secretary of War Stanton used to get out of patience with Lincoln because he was all the time pardoning men who ought… — Elihu Root Copy Share Image
It ought to concern every person, because it is a debasement of our common humanity. It ought to concern every community, because… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The rich man, when contributing to a permanent plan for the education of the poor, ought to reflect that he is providing… — James Madison Copy Share Image
Judges ought to be more learned, than witty, more reverend, than plausible, and more advised, than confident. Above all things, integrity is… — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
If we want to be a person of integrity, we act as if we have integrity and we will be a person… — Royden G. Derrick Copy Share Image
I think we ought to talk about what the American people want, and that is jobs and get the economy on track. — John Cornyn Copy Share Image
If it is not profitable for the common good that authority should be retained, it ought to be relinquished. — Barbara Tuchman Copy Share Image
One of the duties of fortitude is to keep the weak from receiving injury; another, to check the wrong motions of our… — Saint Ambrose Copy Share Image
I have a Christian worldview and so it shapes the way that I view issues. I don't apologize for that, and I… — John Thune Copy Share Image
Our concern for human rights comes to the fore when there are gross violations of human decencies. Then other countries, including China,… — Henry A. Kissinger Copy Share Image
If they want you to cook the dinner, at least they ought to let you shop for some of the groceries. — Bill Parcells Copy Share Image
I just think people, when they get elected, they ought to serve. They ought to do their jobs. — Jeb Bush Copy Share Image
We've not had one Republican president in 34 years balance the budget. You can't trust right-wing Republicans with your money. You ought… — Howard Dean Copy Share Image
"War," says Machiavelli, "ought to be the only study of a prince;" and by a prince he means every sort of state,… — Edmund Burke Copy Share Image
Have you thought of an ending?' 'Yes , several, and all are dark and unpleasant,' said Frodo. 'Oh , that won't do!'… — J. R. R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
The mind that is too ready at contempt and reprobation is, I may say, as a clenched fist that can give blows,… — George Eliot Copy Share Image
If we should be saved and become saints, we ought always to stand at the gates of the Divine mercy to beg… — Alphonsus Liguori Copy Share Image
Anyone who knows of a provable instance of colour discrimination ought always to expose it. — George Orwell Copy Share Image
A surprising number [of novels] have been read aloud to me, and I like all if moderately good, and if they do… — Charles Darwin Copy Share Image
Our All is at Stake, and the little Conveniencys and Comforts of Life, when set in Competition with our Liberty, ought to… — George Mason Copy Share Image
Look, we ought to do this for our kids... We ought to have a high school so that every kid who grows… — Robert D. Putnam Copy Share Image
Thanksgiving is a typically American holiday. In spite of its religious form (giving thanks to God for a good harvest), its essential,… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
People who have been hardworking, tax paying, those people ought to be given an opportunity to be on a track that leads… — Ruth Bader Ginsburg Copy Share Image
I hold it a blasphemy to say that a man ought not to fight against authority: there is no great religion and… — George Eliot Copy Share Image
A strong nation is one that is loved by its people and, as Edmund Burke put it, for a country to be… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
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