Quotes 141 till 160 of 243.
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Revenge is a kind of wild justice, which the more a man's nature runs to, the more ought law to weed it out.
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Since we cannot know all that there is to be known about anything, we ought to know a little about everything.
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Sir, they are a race of convicts, and ought to be thankful for anything we allow them short of hanging.
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So people ought to be free to leave here, but there ought to be opportunity for them to come home.
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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.
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Some writers confuse authenticity, which they ought always to aim at, with originality, which they should never bother about.
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Speech of yourself ought to be seldom and well chosen.
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Such as have reason, understanding, or common sense, will, and ought to make use of it in those things that concern themselves and their posterity, and suspect the words of such as are interested in deceiving or persuading them not to see with their own eyes.
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Sure, some journalists use anonymous sources just because they're lazy and I think editors ought to insist on more precise identification even if they remain anonymous.
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Talk ought always to run obliquely, not nose to nose with no chance of mental escape.
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The books we think we ought to read are poky, dull, and dry; The books that we would like to read we are ashamed to buy; The books that people talk about we never can recall; And the books that people give us, oh, they're the worst of all.
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The doctrine of blind obedience and unqualified submission to any human power, whether civil or ecclesiastical, is the doctrine of despotism, and ought to have no place among Republicans and Christians.
Angelina Grimké
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The effect of liberty to individuals is that they may do what they please: we ought to see what it will please them to do, before we risk congratulations.
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The fame of great men ought to be judged always by the means they used to acquire it.
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The formation of one's character ought to be everyone's chief aim.
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The GAO just released a report that said 22 percent of federal programs fail to meet their objectives. The truth is we don't know how taxpayer money is spent in Washington, D.C., which is why I think we ought to put every agency budget up on the Internet for everyone to see.
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The greatest obstacle to being heroic is the doubt whether one may not be going to prove one's self a fool; the truest heroism is to resist the doubt; and the profoundest wisdom, to know when it ought to be resisted, and when it be obeyed.
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The higher mental development of woman, the less possible it is for her to meet a congenial male who will see in her, not only sex, but also the human being, the friend, the comrade and strong individuality, who cannot and ought not lose a single trait of her character.
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The highest possible stage in moral culture is when we recognize that we ought to control our thoughts.
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