Ought Quotes

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All my life I have made it a rule never to permit a religious man or woman take for granted that his or her religious… — Chapman Cohen
If language is to be of any use to us, then we ought to try and preserve the meaning of words, and 'god' historically has… — Steven Weinberg
If God objected to [people with various handicaps], he ought not have created such people. — Robert Green Ingersoll
In good philosophy, the word cause ought to be reserved to the single Divine impulse that has formed the universe. — Louis Pasteur
One painter ought never to imitate the manner of any other; because in that case he cannot be called the child of nature, but the… — Leonardo da Vinci
The trade of advertising is now so near to perfection that it is not easy to propose any improvement. But as every art ought to… — Samuel Johnson
I think the platform ought to be pro-life. It is the basis of the Republican Party. People have got to understand that abortion is not… — George W. Bush
We ought to think that we are one of the leaves of a tree, and the tree is all humanity. We cannot live without the… — Pablo Casals
I read someplace that I used to make B-pictures. Hell, they were a lot farther down the alphabet than that . . . but not… — John Wayne
No kingdom can be secured otherwise than by arming the people. The possession of arms is the distinction between a freeman and a slave. He,… — James Burgh
I shall not fear to say that the doctrine of self-interest rightly understood seems to me of all the philosophic theories the most appropriate to… — Alexis de Tocqueville
No provision in our Constitution ought to be dearer to man than that which protects the rights of conscience against the enterprises of the civil… — Thomas Jefferson
To go on vegetating in cowardly dependence on physicians and machinations, after the meaning of life, the right to life, has been lost, that ought… — Friedrich Nietzsche
I strongly support the Second Amendment and I believe the Second Amendment ought to be preserved - which means no gun control. — John McCain
A free people ought not only to be armed and disciplined, but they should have sufficient arms and ammunition to maintain a status of independence… — George Washington
The 1911 pistol remains the service pistol of choice in the eyes of those who understand the problem. Back when we audited the FBI academy… — Jeff Cooper
Firearms stand next in importance to the Constitution itself. They are the American people's liberty teeth and keystone under independence.... From the hour the Pilgrims… — George Washington
Free will is not the liberty to do whatever one likes, but the power of doing whatever one sees ought to be done, even in… — George MacDonald
The first step is: accept yourself as you are; drop all shoulds. Don`t carry any ought on your heart! You are not to be somebody… — Rajneesh
A single crocus blossom ought to be enough to convince our heart that springtime, no matter how predictable, is somehow a gift, gratuitous, gratis, a… — David Steindl-Rast

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