The illustrious and noble ought to place before them certain rules and regulations, not less for their hours of leisure and relaxation… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
Most writers write books that they wouldn't read. I ought to know; I've done it myself. — Gore Vidal Copy Share Image
No government ought to exist for the purpose of checking the prosperity of its people or to allow such a principle in… — Edmund Burke Copy Share Image
The interpretation of the laws is the proper and peculiar province of the courts. A constitution is, in fact, and must be… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
You ought to let the Jews have Jerusalem; it is they who made it famous. — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
Heretics are not to be disputed with, but to be condemned unheard, and whilst they perish by fire, the faithful ought to… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
I think it is a worthy goal in America to have every child protected by law and welcomed in life. I also… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
To watch the progress of such endeavors is the office of a free press. To give us early alarm and put us… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
In pursuit of a more natural life, perhaps we ought to sit a little less and sweat a little more. — Ilchi Lee Copy Share Image
Every action in company ought to be with some sign of respect to those present. — George Washington Copy Share Image
What breaks your heart, what you really love, is the thing that will sustain you. That's what you ought to be doing. — Andrew Harvey Copy Share Image
We are all tied together in a single garment of destiny . . . I can never be what I ought to… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
Ought a man to be confident that he deserves his good fortune, and think much of himself when he has overcome a… — Plutarch Copy Share Image
Very quickly the lawyers in the Justice Department pulled together a set of recommendations about how we ought to defend the law… — Donald Verrilli Jr Copy Share Image
We ought to be using nuclear power. It's a renewable source of energy. — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
The androcentric, patriarchal cultures, whatever you want to call it, are quite new. So, every economic statement should start with reproduction, not… — Gloria Steinem Copy Share Image
A free soul ought not to pursue any study slavishly, for nothing that is learned under compulsion stays with the mind. — Socrates Copy Share Image
If a religious principle is worth anything, it applies to a million of human beings as truly as to one; and the… — Henry Parry Liddon Copy Share Image
I absolutely do believe that we need to not be so myopic. We ought to throw open widely the windows on the… — Maya Soetoro-Ng Copy Share Image
We ought to celebrate the positive glorious gifts of God, but the worth of God shines in a powerful way to the… — John Piper Copy Share Image
Surely the church is a place where one day's truce ought to be allowed to the dissensions and animosities of mankind. — Edmund Burke Copy Share Image
A lobster bisque ought to be the crowning glory of the potager. And this one was excellent. Silky as a gigolo's compliment… — A. A. Gill Copy Share Image
I think that a good education ought to be in part the idea that ease and joy are not synonymous. Some of… — David McCullough Copy Share Image
Women ought not to know their own wit, because they will still be showing it, and so spoil it. — John Selden Copy Share Image
I want that there should be a belief, a faith in the possibility of removing mountains to the side of right. If… — Lucretia Mott Copy Share Image
Jewish sovereignty and governance over our ancestral home are, I believe, important goals that every Jew ought to support. — Edgar Bronfman, Sr Copy Share Image
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's a troublesome world. All the people who are in it are troubled with troubles almost every minute. You ought to be… — Dr. Seuss Copy Share Image
I even accept for the sake of argument that sexual orgies eliminate social tensions and ought to be encouraged. — Antonin Scalia Copy Share Image
Some people are called to be a good sailor. Some people have a calling to be a good tiller of the land.… — Bob Dylan Copy Share Image
We ought to be thankful to nature for having made those things which are necessary easy to be discovered; while other things… — Epicurus Copy Share Image
There is the voice that everybody hears... saying to you, "You should do this, you should be this, you ought to, you… — Oprah Winfrey Copy Share Image
Everyone who owns a home recognizes the need for fire insurance. We hope and pray that there will never be a fire.… — Gordon B. Hinckley Copy Share Image
Look, history is interesting. I read three books on George Washington last year. And my opinion is that if they're still analyzing… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
The mathematic, then, is an art. As such it has its styles and style periods. It is not, as the layman and… — Oswald Spengler Copy Share Image
[On Helen Reddy:] She ought to be arrested for loitering in front of an orchestra. — Bette Midler Copy Share Image
If you rely on God as He ought to be relied upon, He will provide you as He provides the birds; they… — Muhammad Copy Share Image