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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.
It infuriates me to be wrong when I know I'm right.
It infuriates me to be wrong when I know I'm 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.
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.
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.
Sir, I would rather be right than be President.
Sir, I would rather be right than be President.
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.
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.
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,