Ought Quotes

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One section of our country believes slavery is right, and ought to be extended, while the other believes it is wrong, and ought not to… — Abraham Lincoln
I ought to have seized the initiative in 1938 instead of allowing myself to be forced into war in 1939; for war was, in any… — Adolf Hitler
"Duty, Honor, Country" - those three hallowed words reverently dictate what you ought to be, what you can be, what you will be. They are… — Douglas MacArthur
The goal of the corps of NCOs, whose duty is the day-to-day business of running the Army so that the officer corps has time to… — William G. Bainbridge
Corruption and hypocrisy ought not to be inevitable products of democracy, as they undoubtedly are today. — Mahatma Gandhi
Maybe this year, we ought to walk through the rooms of our lives not looking for flaws, but looking for potential. — Ellen Goodman
Liberty is one of the most precious gifts which heaven has bestowed on man; with it we cannot compare the treasures which the earth contains… — Miguel de Cervantes
I claim we got a hell of a beating. We got run out of Burma and it is as humiliating as hell. I think we… — Joseph Stilwell
Every action in company ought to be with some sign of respect to those present. — George Washington
A liar ought to have a good memory. — Quintilian
It takes courage to know when you ought to be afraid. — James A. Michener
The Professor took the old practices and studied them, worked out their mechanical principles and then devised a graded scientific set of tricks, but is… — John Dewey
It takes a lot of time to get experience, and once you have it you ought to go on using it. — Benjamin Minge Duggar
The Puritanical nonsense of excluding children and therefore to some extent women from pubs has turned these places into mere boozing shops instead of the… — George Orwell
One of these days I'm going to write a book on drops. That ought to sell. The shot's become more popular than putting. — Jimmy Demaret
We have this day restored the Sovereign to Whom all men ought to be obedient. He reigns in heaven and from the rising to the… — Samuel Adams
A government ought to contain in itself every power requisite to the full accomplishment of the objects committed to its care, and to the complete… — Alexander Hamilton
Why does man regret, even though he may endeavour to banish any such regret, that he has followed the one natural impulse, rather than the… — Charles Darwin
What can I know? What ought I to do? What can I hope? — Immanuel Kant
What was done with the seed saved from the India Hemp last summer? It ought, all of it, to have been sewn again; that not… — George Washington

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