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Ought Quotes by Thomas Jefferson
- No man has a natural right to commit aggression on the equal rights of another; and this is all from which the laws ought to…
- Where a new invention promises to be useful, it ought to be tried.
- 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…
- The last hope of human liberty in this world rests on us. we ought, for so dear a stake, to sacrifice every attachment & every…
- We ought not to schismatize on either men or measures. Principles alone can justify that.
- Born in the same land, we ought to live as brothers, doing to each other all the good we can, and not listening to wicked…
- A share in the sovereignty of the state, which is exercised by the citizens at large, in voting at elections is one of the most…
- Taxes should be continued by annual or biennial reeactments, because a constant hold, by the nation, of the strings of the public purse is a…
- The construction applied . . . to those parts of the Constitution of the United States which delegate Congress a power . . . ought…
- If, then, the control of the people over the organs of their government be the measure of its republicanism, and I confess I know no…
- 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…
- We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights, among…
- It is rare that the public sentiment decides immorally or unwisely, and the individual who differs from it ought to distrust and examine well his…
- During the late war I had an infallible rule for deciding what Great Britain would do on every occasion. It was, to consider what they…
- That one hundred and fifty lawyers should do business together ought not to be expected.
- Every man wishes to pursue his occupation and to enjoy the fruits of his labours and the produce of his property in peace and safety,…
- No government ought to be without censors; and where the press is free no one ever will.
- So confident am I in the intentions, as well as wisdom, of the government, that I shall always be satisfied that what is not done,…
- Neither Pagan nor Mahamedan nor Jew ought to be excluded from the civil rights of the Commonwealth because of his religion. -quoting John Locke's argument.
- Taxes should be continued by annual or biennial reenactments; because a constant hold by the nation of the strings of the public purse is a…
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