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“It is not desirable to cultivate a respect for the law, so much as for the right.” Henry David Thoreau, “Civil Disobedience” - 1849

“Good and bad are but names very readily transferable to that or this; the only right is what is after my constitution, the only wrong what is against it.” Ralph Waldo Emerson, “Self-Reliance” - 1841

“To see what is right and not to do it is want of courage.” Confucius, “Analects”

“The strongest is never strong enough to be always the master, unless he transforms strength into right, and obedience into duty.” Jean-Jacques Rousseau, “The Social Contract” - 1762

“The only obligation which I have a right to assume is to do at any time what I think right.” Henry David Thoreau, “Civil Disobedience” - 1849

“Any man more right than his neighbors constitutes a majority of one already.” Henry David Thoreau, “Civil Disobedience” - 1849

“What is wrong is that we do not ask what is right.” G. K. Chesterton, “What's Wrong with the World” - 1910

“We see the crude and corrupt beginnings of a higher civilisation blotted out by the ferocious uprising of the native tribes. Still, it is the primary right of men to die and kill for the land they live in, and to punish with exceptional severity...” Winston Churchill, “A History of the English-Speaking Peoples” - 1956

“If you’re for the right thing, then you do it without thinking.” Maya Angelou, “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” - 1969

“If I didn't care about doing right, and didn't feel uncomfortable when doing wrong, I should get on capitally.” Louisa May Alcott, “Little Women” - 1868

“By-and-by we shall take turns, for marriage, they say, halves one's rights and doubles one's duties.” Louisa May Alcott, “Little Women” - 1868

“Immediate necessity makes many things convenient, which if continued would grow into oppressions. Expedience and right are different things.” Thomas Paine, “Common Sense” - 1776

“it is the madness of maintaining that everything is right when it is wrong.” Voltaire, “Candide” - 1759

“For a right is nothing more than the other aspect of duty.” Jean-Paul Sartre, “Nausea” - 1938

“And so, my fellow Americans... ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.” John F. Kennedy, “Inaugural Address” - 20 January 1961

“The demand for equal rights in every vocation of life is just and fair; but, after all, the most vital right is the right to love and be loved.” Emma Goldman, “Anarchism and Other Essays” - 1910

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