Quotes
Quotes about Right
Our country! In her intercourse with foreign nations, may she always be in the right; but our country, right or wrong.
The true civilization is where every man gives to every other every right that he claims for himself.
Guard with jealous attention the public liberty. Suspect everyone who approaches that jewel. Unfortunately, nothing will preserve it but downright force. Whenever you give up that force, you are inevitably ruined.
I can see clearly now ... that I was wrong in not acting more decisively and more forthrightly in dealing with Watergate...
The right to be let alone is the underlying principle of the Constitution's Bill of Rights.
...the ultimate decision about what is accepted as right and wrong will be made not by individual human wisdom but by the disappearance of the groups that have adhered to the "wrong" beliefs.
The American people have a right to air that they and their children can breathe without fear.
Central depth of purple, Leaves more bright than rose, Who shall tell what brightest thought Out of darkness grows? Who, through what funereal pain, Souls to love and peace attain? - Leigh Hunt (James Henry Leigh Hunt),
Property has its duties as well as its rights.
An exquisite invention this, Worthy of Love's most honeyed kiss,-- This art of writing billet-doux-- In buds, and odors, and bright hues! In saying all one feels and thinks In clever daffodils and pinks; In puns of tulips; and in phrases, Charming for their truth, of daisies.
What has poster'ty done for us, That we, lest they their rights should lose, Should trust our necks to gripe of noose?
Gold gives an appearance of beauty even to ugliness: but with poverty everything becomes frightful. [Fr., L'or meme a la laideur donne un teint de beaute: Mais tout devient affreux avec la pauvrete.]
Thank God for poverty That makes and keeps us free, And lets us go our unobtrusive way, Glad of the sun and rain, Upright, serene, humane, Contented with the fortune of a day.
Poverty often deprives a man of all spirit and virtue; it is hard for an empty bag to stand upright.
There's nothing remarkable about it. All one has to do is hit the right keys at the right time and the instrument plays itself.
Delightful praise!--like summer rose, That brighter in the dew-drop glows, The bashful maiden's cheek appear'd, For Douglas spoke, and Malcolm heard.
They never sought in vain that sought the Lord aright!
Of right and wrong he taught Truths as refined as ever Athens heard; And (strange to tell) he practis'd what he preach'd.
For the preacher's merit or demerit, It were to be wished that the flaws were fewer In the earthen vessel, holding treasure, But the main thing is, does it hold good measure Heaven soon sets right all other matters!
The President is merely the most important among a large number of public servants. He should be supported or opposed exactly to the degree which is warranted by his good conduct or bad conduct, his efficiency or inefficiency in rendering loyal, able, and disinterested service to the nation as a whole. Therefore it is absolutely necessary that there should be full liberty to tell the truth about his acts, and this means that it is exactly as necessary to blame him when he does wrong as to praise him when he does right. Any other attitude in an American citizen is both base and servile. To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public. Nothing but the truth should be spoken about him or any one else. But it is even more important to tell the truth, pleasant or unpleasant, about him than about any one else.
Privacy is the right to be alone--the most comprehensive of rights, and the right most valued by civilized man.
Even if you are on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there.
Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there.
Even if you're on the right track--you'll get run over if you just sit there.
As a man is said to have a right to his property, he may be equally said to have a property in his rights.
