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The difference between the right word and the almost right word is the difference between lightning and a lightning bug.
The difference between the right word and the almost right word is the difference between lightning and a lightning bug.
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.
The rule of the road is a paradox quite,
If you drive with a whip or a thong;
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The rule of the road is a paradox quite,
If you drive with a whip or a thong;
If you go to the left you are sure to be right,
If you go to the right you are wrong.
To see the right and not to do it is cowardice.
To see the right and not to do it is cowardice.
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.
Be sure you are right, then go ahead.
Be sure you are right, then go ahead.
It infuriates me to be wrong when I know I'm right.
It infuriates me to be wrong when I know I'm right.
Laws control the lesser man... Right conduct controls the greater one.
Laws control the lesser man... Right conduct controls the greater one.
Might was the measure of right.
[Lat., Mensuraque juris
Vis erat.]
Might was the measure of right.
[Lat., Mensuraque juris
Vis erat.]