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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.
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,
It infuriates me to be wrong when I know I'm right.
It infuriates me to be wrong when I know I'm 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.
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.
And wanting the right rule they take chalke for cheese, as the
saying is.
And wanting the right rule they take chalke for cheese, as the
saying is.
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.
To see the right and not to do it is cowardice.
To see the right and not to do it is cowardice.
