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Ought Quotes by James Madison
- If there be a principle that ought not to be questioned within the United States, it is that every man has a right to abolish…
- The aim of every political Constitution, is or ought to be first to obtain for rulers men who possess most wisdom to discern, and most…
- The liberal appropriations made by the legislature of Kentucky for a general system of education cannot be too much applauded . . . . Learned…
- The rich man, when contributing to a permanent plan for the education of the poor, ought to reflect that he is providing for that of…
- The infant periods of most nations are buried in silence or veiled in fable; and the world perhaps has lost but little which it needs…
- [A]ll power is originally vested in, and consequently derived from, the people. That government is instituted and ought to be exercised for the benefit of…
- Every man who loves peace, every man who loves his country, every man who loves liberty ought to have it ever before his eyes that…
- The public affairs of the union are spread throughout a very extensive region, and are extremely diversified by the local affairs connected with them, and…
- There is not a more important and fundamental principle in legislation, than that the ways and means ought always to face the public engagements; that…
- There is one view of the subject which ought to have its influence on those who espouse doctrines which strike at the authoritative origin and…
- It may be considered as an objection inherent in the principle, that as every appeal to the people would carry an implication of some defect…
- [I]t is the reason alone, of the public, that ought to control and regulate the government.
- Frequent elections are unquestionably the only policy by which this dependence and sympathy can be effectually secured. But what particular degree of frequency may be…
- In civilized communities, property as well as personal rights are the essential object of the laws, which encourage industry by securing the enjoyment of its…
- The passions, therefore, not the reason, of the public would sit in judgment. But it is the reason, alone, of the public, that ought to…
- [Regarding legislative assemblies,] the number ought at most to be kept within a certain limit, in order to avoid the confusion and intemperance of a…
- You give me a credit to which I have no claim in calling me "the writer of the Constitution of the United States." This was…
- there ought always to be a constitutional method of giving efficacy to constitutional provisions. What for instance would avail restrictions on the authority of the…
- I regret, as much as any member, the unavoidable weight and duration of the burdens to be imposed; having never been a proselyte to the…
- Besides the danger of a direct mixture of religion and civil government, there is an evil which ought to be guarded against in the indefinite…
- In all great changes of established governments, forms ought to give way to substance
- Among the features peculiar to the political system of the United States, is the perfect equality of rights which it secures to every religious sectEqual…
- There is not a more important and fundamental principle in legislation, than that the ways and means ought always to face the public engagements; that…
- In proportion to the value of this revolution; in proportion to the importance of instruments, every word of which decides a question between power and…
- Landholders ought to have a share in the government to support these invaluable interests and check the other many. They ought to be so constituted…
More Ought Quotes
- 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