We Ought Quotes

549 We Ought quotes by 387 unique authors

We must trust to nothing but facts: These are presented to us by Nature, and cannot deceive. We ought, in every instance, to submit our… — Antoine Lavoisier
We ought to observe that practice which is the hardest of all-especially for young physicians-we ought to throw in no medicine at all-to abstain-to observe… — John Randolph of Roanoke
If honesty did not exist, we ought to invent it as the best means of getting rich. — Honore Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau
We ought to be more focused on enemies without than preoccupied with finding them within. — Alan Wolfe
Integrity is the factor that determines which one will prevail. We struggle daily with situations that demand decisions between what we want to do and… — John C. Maxwell
Now I do not myself share that superstitious reverence for the beliefs of common sense which many contemporary philosophers profess. But I think that we… — C. D. Broad
In every case, we ought to act that part towards another, which we would judge to be right in him to act toward us, if… — Thomas Reid
Variant: When it is not in our power to follow what is true, we ought to follow what is most probable. — Rene Descartes
We cannot be sure that we ought not to regard the most criminal country as that which in some aspects possesses the highest civilization. — Havelock Ellis
Most of us don't mind doing what we ought to do when it doesn't interfere with what we want to do, but it takes discipline… — Joseph B. Wirthlin
Not only in antiquity but in our own times also laws have been passed...to secure good conditions for workers; so it is right that the… — Bernardino Ramazzini
In fact, whenever energy is transmitted from one body to another in time, there must be a medium or substance in which the energy exists… — James Clerk Maxwell
We ought to be using nuclear power. It's a renewable source of energy. — George W. Bush
In order to enjoy the Word, we ought to continue to read it, and the way to obtain a spirit of prayer, is, to continue… — George Muller
It is the multiplication of men who are exluded from working which provokes war. We ought at least to bear this in mind when we… — Jacques Ellul
I would like us to think about it more explicitly, and not take our intuitions as the given of ethics, but rather to reflect on… — Peter Singer
We ought not to schismatize on either men or measures. Principles alone can justify that. — Thomas Jefferson
The kind of national goal we ought to be thinking about is way beyond national product - it is how do we as a nation… — Paul Wellstone
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… — Thomas Jefferson
We sometimes emphasize the danger in a crisis without focusing on the opportunities that are there. We should feel a great sense of urgency because… — Al Gore
We ought to consider the interests of animals because they have interests and it is unjustifiable to exclude them from the sphere of moral concern;… — Peter Singer
In my opinion, economists and sociologists are the people to whom we ought to turn more than we do for instruction in the grounds and… — Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
The more administrative machinery we construct, be it the most modern, the less place there is for the Spirit, the less place there is for… — Pope Benedict XVI
There is a crisis of public morality. Instead of policing bedrooms, we ought to be doing a better job policing boardrooms. — Robert Reich
There exists in the economy and course of nature, an indissoluble union between virtue and happiness; between duty and advantage; between the genuine maxims of… — George Washington

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