Ought Quotes

No nation ought to keep a navy larger than is necessary to do police duty.

Neutrality is a negative word. It does not express what America ought to feel. We are not trying to keep out of trouble; we are trying to preserve the foundations on which peace may be rebuilt.

True liberty consists only in the power of doing what we ought to will, and in not being constrained to do what we ought not to will.

Common sense is the knack of seeing things as they are, and doing things as they ought to be done.

From the very commencement the student should set out to witness the progress and effects of sickness and ought to persevere in the daily observation of disease during the whole period of his studies.

Any man who goes to a psychiatrist ought to have his head examined.

Law in general is human reason, inasmuch as it governs all the inhabitants of the earth: the political and civil laws of each nation ought to be only the particular cases in which human reason is applied.

Everybody ought to have a lower East Side in their life.

I decided I ought to pick a project that would not be controversial, that would not really cost the government a lot of money.

Every society, all government, and every kind of civil compact therefore, is or ought to be, calculated for the general good and safety of the community.

So if we are really concerned about generating more taxes, we ought to be investing in our people, not taking away the kinds of resources that contribute to their ability to become greater taxpayers in this country.

Women ought to have representatives, instead of being arbitrarily governed without any direct share allowed them in the deliberations of government.

I think we ought to raise the age at which juveniles can have a gun.

Politics ought to be the part-time profession of every citizen who would protect the rights and privileges of free people and who would preserve what is good and fruitful in our national heritage.

If it takes you 20 or 25 years to establish yourself in one field, you really ought to be careful not to stray too far.

You ought to love what you're doing because, especially in a movie, over time you really will start to hate it.

There ought to be a law against necessity.

In matters of truth the fact that you don't want to publish something is, nine times out of ten, a proof that you ought to publish it.

But as soon as we got that higher speed access to the home there?s going to be a tremendous crunch on the backbones for a much higher speed bandwidth. People really ought to be planning for that.

Even when laws have been written down, they ought not always to remain unaltered.

The subject of Finnish poetry ought to have a special interest for the Japanese student, if only for the reason that Finnish poetry comes more closely in many respects to Japanese poetry than any other form of Western poetry.

Friends are as companions on a journey, who ought to aid each other to persevere in the road to a happier life.

I love surprises - champagne and strawberries, all that pampering, romantic stuff. Guys ought to know how to pamper their women properly.

We can always find something to be thankful for, and there may be reasons why we ought to be thankful for even those dispensations which appear dark and frowning.

If the Holy Spirit can take over the subconscious with our consent and cooperation, then we have almighty Power working at the basis of our lives, then we can do anything we ought to do, go anywhere we ought to go, and be anything we ought to be.

I think that the mere fact that I'm doing it ought to inspire someone. In junior high school the counselor suggested that I focus on wood shop and metal shop.

We are not about to send American boys 9 or 10 thousand miles away from home to do what Asian boys ought to be doing for themselves.

We ought to be bragging about Florida!

Some dying men are the most tyrannical; and certainly, since they will shortly trouble us so little for evermore, the poor fellows ought to be indulged.

The admiral, or commander in chief of a squadron, being frequently invested with a great charge, on which the fate of a kingdom may depend, ought certainly to be possessed of abilities equal to so important a station and so extensive a command.