Ought Quotes

2904 Ought quotes by 1598 unique authors

The principle of the Constitution is that of a separation of legislative, Executive and Judiciary functions, except in cases specified. If this principle be not… — Thomas Jefferson
The same rule that teaches the propriety of a partition between the various branches of power, teaches us likewise that this partition ought to be… — Alexander Hamilton
Life is a journey towards truth, we have something to learn from each other, and everybody ought to have a chance to make the journey.… — William J. Clinton
No longer talk at all about the kind of man that a good man ought to be, but be such — Marcus Aurelius
One ought to be just before one is generous — Winston Churchill
If your Bible tells you that gay people ought not be married in your church, don't tell them they can't be married at city hall.… — Julian Bond
It's a troublesome world. All the people who are in it are troubled with troubles almost every minute. You ought to be thankful, a whole… — Dr. Seuss
The determination of the average man is not merely a matter of speculative curiosity; it may be of the most important service to the science… — Adolphe Quetelet
I use the word nursing for want of a better. It has been limited to signify little more than the administration of medicines and the… — Florence Nightingale
Some things need to be a song. Some things need to be a play. Some things need to be a painting. Some things need to… — Andy Wilkinson
So I realized when I was successful in a piece, it was because I didn't abandon a notion early on what it ought to be,… — Andy Wilkinson
The commandment of God is, that we love Our Lord in all our heart, in all our soul, in all our thought. In all our… — Richard Rolle
As a product of history and faith, Jewish Americans have helped to open our eyes to injustice, to people in need, and to the simple… — Barack Obama
Let there be no doubt. Alien technology harvested from the infamous saucer crash in Roswell, N.Mex., in July 1947 led directly to the development of… — Philip J. Corso
True charity ought to begin in marriage, for it is a relationship that must be rebuilt every day. — James E. Faust
In order to remain true to oneself one ought to renounce one's party three times a day. — Jean Rostand
Everyone knows that on any given day there are energies slumbering in him which the incitement's of that day do not call forth. Compared with… — William James
Roughly speaking, any man with energy and enthusiasm ought to be able to bring at least a dozen others round to his opinion in the… — Aleister Crowley
In time of this grave national danger, when all excess income should go to win the war, no American citizen ought to have a net… — Franklin D. Roosevelt
I think a compliment ought always to precede a complaint, where one is possible, because it softens resentment and insures for the complaint a courteous… — Mark Twain
To worry about differences in earned incomes simply because some persons earn more than other persons is to wallow in envy. And envy is, and… — Donald J. Boudreaux
You ought to pity me 'cause there's always one man to love/ But in the bedroom the size of him's more than enough. — Lady Gaga
I've had some wonderful love affairs and some that didn't work out. I don't want to dwell on that and I don't want to put… — Ella Fitzgerald
I say that Hitler ought to have the peace prize, because he is removing all the elements of contest and of struggle from Germany. By… — Gertrude Stein
And certainly the history of public sculpture has been disastrous but that doesn't mean it ought not to continue and the only way it even… — Richard Serra

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