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    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,

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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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It infuriates me to be wrong when I know I'm right.

It infuriates me to be wrong when I know I'm right.

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

by Alexander Pope Found in: Right Quotes,
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A man does not attain the status of Galileo merely because he is
persecuted; he must also be right.

A man does not attain the status of Galileo merely because he is
persecuted; he must also be right.

by Stephen Jay Gould Found in: Right Quotes,
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Laws control the lesser man... Right conduct controls the greater one.

Laws control the lesser man... Right conduct controls the greater one.

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

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

by Confucius Found in: Cowardice Quotes, 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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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.

by Mark Twain Found in: Right Quotes,
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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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