RIGHT

Related Subjects: Justice, Morality, Principle, Virtue

1. Here lies the body of William Jay,
   Who died maintaining his right of way—
   He was right; dead right, as he sped along,
   But he's just as dead as if he were wrong.—Boston Transcript
   

2. Sir, I would rather be right than be President.—HENRY CLAY
   

3. He will hew to the line of right, let the chips fall where they may.—ROSCOE CONKLING
   

4. But 'twas a maxim he had often tried,
   That right was right, and there he would abide.—GEORGE CRABBE, Tales
   

5. I leave this rule for others when I'm dead,
   Be always sure you're right—then go ahead.—DAVID CROCKETT, Autobiography
   

6. To be engaged in opposing wrong affords, under the conditions of our mental constitution, but a slender guarantee for being right.—GLADSTONE, Time and Place of Homer
   

7. 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.—LINCOLN
   

8. I see the right, and I approve it too,
   Condemn the wrong, and yet the wrong pursue.—OVID, Metamorphoses
   

9. 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.—POPE, Essay on Man
   

10. As right as a ram's horn.—Proverb
    

11. God defend the right!—SHAKESPEARE, Henry VI
    

12. To do a great right, do a little wrong.—SHAKESPEARE, The Merchant of Venice
    

13. The right is more precious than peace.—WOODROW WILSON