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To see the right and not to do it is cowardice.
To see the right and not to do it is cowardice.
Sir, I would rather be right than be President.
Sir, I would rather be right than be President.
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.
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.
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,
Be sure you are right, then go ahead.
Be sure you are right, then go ahead.
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.
Only kings, presidents, editors, and people with tapeworms have the right to use the editorial "we."
Only kings, presidents, editors, and people with tapeworms have the right to use the editorial "we."
