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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.] 
 No question is ever settled
 Until it is settled right.  
 No question is ever settled
 Until it is settled right. 
 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. 
Be sure you are right, then go ahead.
Be sure you are right, then go ahead.
Don't get it right, just get it written
Don't get it right, just get it written
To see the right and not to do it is cowardice.
To see the right and not to do it is cowardice.
 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. 
Laws control the lesser man... Right conduct controls the greater one.
Laws control the lesser man... Right conduct controls the greater one.
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.