One cannot imagine St. Francis of Assisi talking about rights.
—Simone Weil (1909–1943) French Philosopher, Political Activist
There is no real excellence in all of this world which can be separated from right living.
—David Starr Jordan (1851–1931) American Zoologist, Educator, Peace Activist
The Ten Commandments are not multiple choice
—Unknown
Rights that do not flow from duty well performed are not worth having.
—Mohandas K. Gandhi (1869–1948) Indian Hindu Political leader
Right is right, even if everyone is against it; and wrong is wrong, even if everyone is for it.
—William Penn (1644–1718) American Entrepreneur, Political leader, Philosopher
Some people would rather be wrong than quiet for a minute.
—Unknown
True independence and freedom can only exist in doing what’s right.
—Brigham Young (1801–77) American Mormon Leader
The meek shall inherit the earth, but not its mineral rights.
—J. Paul Getty (1892–1976) American Business Person, Art Collector, Philanthropist
It is better to suffer wrong than to do it, and happier to be sometimes cheated than not to trust.
—Samuel Johnson (1709–84) British Essayist
True happiness comes from doing what’s right not just doing what makes you feel good.
—Unknown
Always do right. This will gratify some people, and astonish the rest.
—Mark Twain (1835–1910) American Humorist
When you are right you cannot be too radical; when you are wrong, you cannot be too conservative.
—Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929–68) American Civil Rights Leader, Clergyman
Oh, the difference between nearly right and exactly right.
—H. Jackson Brown, Jr. (b.1940) American Self-Help Author
What is the use of running when we are on the wrong.
—Common Proverb
Aggressive fighting for the right is the greatest sport in the world.
—Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919) American Head of State, Political leader, Historian, Explorer
Never do wrong when people are looking.
—Mark Twain (1835–1910) American Humorist
Rights! There are no rights whatever without corresponding duties. Look at the history of the growth of our constitution, and you will see that our ancestors never upon any occasion stated, as a ground for claiming any of their privileges, an abstract right inherent in themselves; you will nowhere in our parliamentary records find the miserable sophism of the Rights of Man.
—Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772–1834) English Poet, Literary Critic, Philosopher
To be right, a person must do one of two things: either he must learn to have God in his work and hold fast to him there, or he must give up his work altogether. Since, however, we cannot live without activities that are both human and various, we must learn to keep God I everything we do, and whatever the job or place, keep on with him, letting nothing stand in our way.
—Meister Eckhart (c.1260–1327) German Christian Mystic
Wrong is but falsehood put in practice.
—Walter Savage Landor (1775–1864) English Writer, Poet
There are few people who are more often in the wrong than those who cannot endure to be thought so.
—Francois de La Rochefoucauld (1613–80) French Writer
In giving rights to others which belong to them, we give rights to ourselves and to our country.
—John F. Kennedy (1917–63) American Head of State, Journalist
If you have always done it that way, it’s probably wrong.
—Charles F. Kettering (1876–1958) American Inventor, Entrepreneur, Businessperson
We declare our right on this earth to be a human being, to be respected as a human being, to be given the rights of a human being in this society, on this earth, in this day, which we intend to bring into existence by any means necessary.
—Malcolm X (1925–65) American Civil Rights Leader
The successful person places more attention on doing the right thing rather than doing things right.
—Peter Drucker (1909–2005) Austrian-born Management Consultant
It is not who is right, but what is right, that is of importance.
—Thomas Henry Huxley (1825–95) English Biologist
For right is right, since God is God and right the day must win. To doubt would be disloyalty, to falter would be sin.
—Frederick William Faber (1814–63) British Hymn Writer, Theologian
You can be right or you can be happy.
—Gerald Jampolsky (b.1925) American Psychiatrist
I am the inferior of any man whose rights I trample under foot.
—Robert G. Ingersoll (1833–99) American Lawyer, Orator, Agnostic
If the world despises you because you do not follow its ways, pay no heed to it. But be sure your way is right.
—Unknown
The remedy for wrongs is to forget them.
—Publilius Syrus (fl.85–43 BCE) Syrian-born Roman Latin Writer
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