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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.
It infuriates me to be wrong when I know I'm right.
It infuriates me to be wrong when I know I'm right.
No question is ever settled
Until it is settled right.
No question is ever settled
Until it is settled right.
Don't get it right, just get it written
Don't get it right, just get it written
With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in
the right, as God gives us to see read more
With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in
the right, as God gives us to see the right.
Be sure you are right, then go ahead.
Be sure you are right, then go ahead.
Might was the measure of right.
[Lat., Mensuraque juris
Vis erat.]
Might was the measure of right.
[Lat., Mensuraque juris
Vis erat.]
Sir, I would rather be right than be President.
Sir, I would rather be right than be President.
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.
