I am the inferior of any man whose rights I trample under foot.
—Robert G. Ingersoll (1833–99) American Lawyer, Orator, Agnostic
Right is its own defense.
—Bertolt Brecht (1898–1956) German Poet, Playwright, Theater Personality
The golden rule is that there are no golden rules.
—George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950) Irish Playwright
One cannot imagine St. Francis of Assisi talking about rights.
—Simone Weil (1909–1943) French Philosopher, Political Activist
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
True independence and freedom can only exist in doing what’s right.
—Brigham Young (1801–77) American Mormon Leader
Wrong is but falsehood put in practice.
—Walter Savage Landor (1775–1864) English Writer, Poet
Being right half the time beats being half-right all the time.
—Malcolm S. Forbes (1919–1990) American Publisher, Businessperson
Oh, the difference between nearly right and exactly right.
—H. Jackson Brown, Jr. (1940–2021) American Author of “Life’s Little Instruction Book”
A president’s hardest task is not to do what is right, but to know what is right.
—Lyndon B. Johnson (1908–73) American Head of State, Political leader
Never do wrong when people are looking.
—Mark Twain (1835–1910) American Humorist
What is the use of running when we are on the wrong.
—Common Proverb
It is not who is right, but what is right, that is of importance.
—Thomas Henry Huxley (1825–95) English Biologist
The remedy for wrongs is to forget them.
—Publilius Syrus (fl.85–43 BCE) Syrian-born Roman Latin Writer
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
In times of change, learners inherit the Earth, while the learned find themselves beautifully equipped to deal with a world that no longer exists.
—Eric Hoffer (1902–83) American Philosopher, Author
I can honestly say that I was never affected by the question of the success of an undertaking. If I felt it was the right thing to do, I was for it regardless of the possible outcome.
—Golda Meir (1898–1978) Israeli Head of State
The meek shall inherit the earth, but not its mineral rights.
—J. Paul Getty (1892–1976) American Art Collector, Philanthropist, Businessperson
Man’s greatness consists in his ability to do and the proper application of his powers to things needed to be done.
—Frederick Douglass (1817–95) American Abolitionist, Author, Editor, Diplomat, Leader
Those who are once found to be bad are presumed so forever.
—Latin Proverb
You cannot put the same shoe on every foot.
—Publilius Syrus (fl.85–43 BCE) Syrian-born Roman Latin Writer
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
The meek shall inherit the earth, but not its mineral rights.
—Albert Einstein (1879–1955) German-born Physicist
Rights that do not flow from duty well performed are not worth having.
—Mohandas K. Gandhi (1869–1948) Indian Hindu Political leader
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
True happiness comes from doing what’s right not just doing what makes you feel good.
—Unknown
The successful person places more attention on doing the right thing rather than doing things right.
—Peter Drucker (1909–2005) Austrian-born Management Consultant
Men speak of natural rights, but I challenge any one to show where in nature any rights existed or were recognized until there was established for their declaration and protection a duly promulgated body of corresponding laws.
—Calvin Coolidge (1872–1933) American Head of State, Lawyer
The greatest right in the world is the right to be wrong. If the Government or majorities think an individual is right, no one will interfere with him; but when agitators talk against the things considered holy, or when radicals criticise, or satirize the political gods, or question the justice of our laws and institutions, or pacifists talk against war, how the old inquisition awakens, and ostracism, the excommunication of the church, the prison, the wheel, the torture-chamber, the mob, are called to suppress the free expression of thought.
—Harry Weinberger (1888–1944) American Lawyer
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