Should Quotes

If it were necessary to give the briefest possible definition of imperialism, we should have to say that imperialism is the monopoly stage of capitalism.

All UK nuclear power stations should be shut down without delay.

A prince should be slow to punish, and quick to reward.

The earth is the mother of all people, and all people should have equal rights upon it.

We all must recognize that homeland security funds should be allocated by threat and no other reason.

Every man who possibly can should force himself to a holiday of a full month in a year, whether he feels like taking it or not.

Every advertisement should be thought of as a contribution to the complex symbol which is the brand image.

Fables should be taught as fables, myths as myths, and miracles as poetic fantasies. To teach superstitions as truths is a most terrible thing. The child mind accepts and believes them, and only through great pain and perhaps tragedy can he be in after years relieved of them.

If an injury has to be done to a man it should be so severe that his vengeance need not be feared.

Ah, but a man's reach should exceed his grasp. Or what's a heaven for?

Women should be obscene and not heard.

I think all women in Hollywood are known as sex symbols. That's what our purpose is in this business. You're merchandised, you're a product. You're sold and it's based on sex. But that's okay. I think women should be empowered by that, not degraded.

The higher we are placed, the more humbly we should walk.

As the ancient commander addressed his soldiers before battle, so should the moralist speak to men in the struggle of the era.

No one should negotiate their dreams. Dreams must be free to fly high. No government, no legislature, has a right to limit your dreams. You should never agree to surrender your dreams.

Married people should not be quick to hear what is said by either when in ill humor.

We should never lose an occasion. Opportunity is more powerful even than conquerors and prophets.

Bad taste is simply saying the truth before it should be said.

Our ambition should be to rule ourselves, the true kingdom for each one of us; and true progress is to know more, and be more, and to do more.

There's no reason why I should retire.

People often say that humans have always eaten animals, as if this is a justification for continuing the practice. According to this logic, we should not try to prevent people from murdering other people, since this has also been done since the earliest of times.

I'm not sure I should reveal the sources of my clothes.

The message that President Obama delivered in his speech at Notre Dame was: morality is immoral. Pro-life is the extremist position, not a moral position. Yet we should compromise and work to reduce abortions. Where's the compromise between life and death - and why work to reduce the number of them occurring if there's nothing wrong with them?

Were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers, or newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter.

A beautiful woman should break her mirror early.

Mind your speech a little lest you should mar your fortunes.

Severities should be dealt out all at once, so that their suddenness may give less offense; benefits ought to be handed ought drop by drop, so that they may be relished the more.

Men should not try to overstrain their goodness more than any other faculty, bodily or mental.

One should never forbid what one lacks the power to prevent.

A wise man should consider that health is the greatest of human blessings, and learn how by his own thought to derive benefit from his illnesses.