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    The difference between the right word and the almost right word is the difference between lightning and a lightning bug.

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

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

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My opinions may have changed, but not the fact that I am right.

My opinions may have changed, but not the fact that I am right.

by Ashleigh Brilliant Found in: Right Quotes,
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Let us have faith that Right makes Might, and in that faith let
us to the end dare to read more

Let us have faith that Right makes Might, and in that faith let
us to the end dare to do our duty as we understand it.

by Abraham Lincoln Found in: Right Quotes,
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For right is right, since God is God,
And right the day must win;
To doubt would read more

For right is right, since God is God,
And right the day must win;
To doubt would be disloyalty,
To falter would be sin.

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Stand with anybody that stands right, stand with him while he is right and part with him when he goes read more

Stand with anybody that stands right, stand with him while he is right and part with him when he goes wrong.

by Abraham Lincoln Found in: Right Quotes,
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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,

by Francis Hutcheson Found in: Right Quotes,
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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.

by George Crabbe Found in: Right Quotes,
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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.

by Roscoe Conkling Found in: Right Quotes,
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No one can be right all of the time, but it helps to be right most of the time.

No one can be right all of the time, but it helps to be right most of the time.

by Robert Half Found in: Right Quotes,
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