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Sir, I would rather be right than be President.
Sir, I would rather be right than be President.
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 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,
To see the right and not to do it is cowardice.
To see the right and not to do it is cowardice.
Might was the measure of right.
[Lat., Mensuraque juris
Vis erat.]
Might was the measure of right.
[Lat., Mensuraque juris
Vis erat.]
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.
No question is ever settled
Until it is settled right.
No question is ever settled
Until it is settled right.
Safeguarding the rights of others is the most noble and beautiful end of a human being.
Safeguarding the rights of others is the most noble and beautiful end of a human being.
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.
