He will hew to the line of right, let the chips fly where they
may.

He will hew to the line of right, let the chips fly where they
may.

Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around read more

Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws.

Never forget that everything Hitler did in Germany was legal.

Never forget that everything Hitler did in Germany was legal.

Might was the measure of right.
[Lat., Mensuraque juris
Vis erat.]

Might was the measure of right.
[Lat., Mensuraque juris
Vis erat.]

To see the right and not to do it is cowardice.

To see the right and not to do it is cowardice.

But 'twas a maxim he had often tried,
That right was right, and there he would abide.

But 'twas a maxim he had often tried,
That right was right, and there he would abide.

For the ultimate notion of right is that which tends to the
universal good; and when one's acting in read more

For the ultimate notion of right is that which tends to the
universal good; and when one's acting in a certain manner has
this tendency he has a right thus to act.
- Francis Hutcheson,

All Nature is but art unknown to thee;
All chance direction, which thou canst not see;
All read more

All Nature is but art unknown to thee;
All chance direction, which thou canst not see;
All discord, harmony not understood;
All partial evil, universal good;
And spite of pride, in erring reason's spite,
One truth is clear, Whatever is is right.

Always do right. That will gratify some of the people and
astonish the rest.

Always do right. That will gratify some of the people and
astonish the rest.