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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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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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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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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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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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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.

by Alexander Pope Found in: Right Quotes,
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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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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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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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