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Ought Quotes by Alexis de Tocqueville
- 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…
- If I were asked ... to what the singular prosperity and growing strength of Americans ought mainly to be attributed, I should reply: To the…
- All those who seek to destroy the liberties of a democratic nation ought to know that war is the surest and shortest means to accomplish…
- It is indeed difficult to imagine how men who have entirely renounced the habit of managing their own affairs could be successful in choosing those…
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- A high heart ought to bear calamities and not flee them, since in bearing them appears the grandeur of the mind and… — Pietro Aretino
- Even when laws have been written down, they ought not always to remain unaltered. — Aristotle
- An FBI agent ought to be able to surf the net and look for sites that instruct people how to make bombs. — John Ashcroft
- The Eskimos had fifty-two names for snow because it was important to them: there ought to be as many for love. — Margaret Atwood
- Some writers confuse authenticity, which they ought always to aim at, with originality, which they should never bother about. — Wystan Hugh Auden
- In doing what we ought we deserve no praise, because it is our duty. — Saint Augustine
- We ought to do good to others as simply as a horse runs, or a bee makes honey, or a vine bears… — Marcus Aurelius
- It will, I believe, be everywhere found, that as the clergy are, or are not what they ought to be, so are… — Jane Austen
- If God should desire to raise us to the position of one who is an intimate and shares his secrets, we ought… — Teresa of Avila
- If I were to give advice, I would say to parents that they ought to be very careful whom they allow to… — Teresa of Avila
- It will be readily admitted, that a degree conferred by an university, ought to be a pledge to the public that he… — Charles Babbage
- Revenge is a kind of wild justice, which the more a man's nature runs to, the more ought law to weed it… — Francis Bacon