Almost everyone agrees the world is not the way it ought to be. It's called the problem of evil. — Greg Koukl Copy Share Image
It is not noble to return evil for evil, at no time ought we to do an injury to our neighbors. — Plato Copy Share Image
Painting predicates what man wants to see, and what man ought to see, not what he ordinarily sees. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
People's belief in their own local reality-tunnels keep us all far stupider than we ought to be. — Robert Anton Wilson Copy Share Image
We ought never to scoff at the wretched, for who can be sure of continued happiness? — Jean de La Fontaine Copy Share Image
People ought to shop smart and really think about what they are buying. — Allen Crawford Copy Share Image
The pursuit, even of the best things, ought to be calm and tranquil. — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
We should on all Occasions avoid a general Action, or put anything to the Risque, unless compelled by a necessity, into which… — George Washington Copy Share Image
It is with antiquity as with ancestry, nations are proud of the one, and individuals of the other; but if they are… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
Laws and constitutions ought to be weighed... to constitute that which is most conducing to the establishment of justice and liberty. — Algernon Sidney Copy Share Image
Conscience is called the adversary, because it always opposes our evil will; it reminds us of what we ought to do but… — Dorotheus of Gaza Copy Share Image
Some dying men are the most tyrannical; and certainly, since they will shortly trouble us so little for evermore, the poor fellows… — Herman Melville Copy Share Image
One of the reasons that I'm a lurker on Twitter is that every time I tweet an idea, I feel like I'm… — Bill Keller Copy Share Image
No nation ought to be without a debt. A national debt is a national bond; and when it bears no interest, is… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
I believe that the American people ought to be part of the conversation about what's happening in our economy, and what's happening… — Alison Stewart Copy Share Image
The intellectual who wants to do her work properly must today go back to the starting point: the woman whom she knows,… — Jacques Ellul Copy Share Image
This is to be observed of the Bishop of London, that, though apparently of a spirit somewhat austere, there is in his… — Benjamin Disraeli Copy Share Image
The essential point here is that all people with small, insecure incomes are in the same boat and ought to be fighting… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
One really ought to be afraid of self-torture. But it tempted me. It begged. The dark place that my mind was fast… — Marya Hornbacher Copy Share Image
It is a serious undertaking and yes, we do need more fencing and we do need to use technology, and we do… — Jeb Bush Copy Share Image
Plain horse sense ought to tell us that anything that makes no change in the man who professes it makes no difference… — Kevin DeYoung Copy Share Image
I remember saying to my agent, "Listen, everybody's going out to Hollywood and making movies. I think I ought to go out… — Morgan Freeman Copy Share Image
I have concluded through careful empirical analysis and much thought that somebody is looking out for me, keeping track of what I… — Adam Savage Copy Share Image
There is one view of the subject which ought to have its influence on those who espouse doctrines which strike at the… — James Madison Copy Share Image
The tribute that is due to the talents, the rectitude, and the patriotism which adorn the characters selected to devise and adopt… — George Washington Copy Share Image
The liberal appropriations made by the legislature of Kentucky for a general system of education cannot be too much applauded . .… — James Madison Copy Share Image
Discoveries are always accidental; and the great use of science is by investigating the nature of the effects produced by any process… — Benjamin Thompson Copy Share Image
Remember us in your prayers that we grow not weary in well doing. It is hard to work for years with pure… — David Livingstone Copy Share Image
The farmer and the farm, like "the environment," are looked upon, for example, as means to offset trade deficits. The farm is… — Wes Jackson Copy Share Image
So many people around the world have used nonviolence as a way to resolve a conflict that they faced in their lives.… — Arun Manilal Gandhi Copy Share Image
It is important for America that the moral truths which make freedom possible should be passed on to each new generation. Every… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
I am what is called a professor emeritus—from the Latin e, 'out,' and meritus, 'so he ought to be. — Stephen Leacock Copy Share Image
Men's consciences ought in no sort to be violated, urged, or constrained. — Roger Williams Copy Share Image
It is not sufficient to know what one ought to say, but one must also know how to say it. — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Great allowances ought to be made for the petulance of persons laboring under ill-health. — Samuel Richardson Copy Share Image
Religious hatreds ought not to be propagated at all, but certainly not on a tax-exempt basis. — James A. Michener Copy Share Image
