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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.
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.
 No question is ever settled
 Until it is settled right.  
 No question is ever settled
 Until it is settled right. 
 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. 
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.
 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. 
Laws control the lesser man... Right conduct controls the greater one.
Laws control the lesser man... Right conduct controls the greater one.
 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. 
Right is right, even if everyone is against it; and wrong is wrong, even if everyone is for it
Right is right, even if everyone is against it; and wrong is wrong, even if everyone is for it