Practical Quotations » Right

Winston Churchill

Winston Churchill — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 19:38:24 +0000

…it is much better to be frightened now than to be killed hereafter.

Winston Churchill

Winston Churchill — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 18:58:14 +0000

Courage is rightly esteemed the first of human qualities because, as has been said, it is the quality which guarantees all others.

Patrick Henry

Patrick Henry — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 21:33:15 +0000

Righteousness alone can exalt America as a nation. Whoever thou art, remember this; and in thy sphere practice virtue thyself, and encourage it in others.

Thomas Jefferson

Thomas Jefferson — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 17:08:25 +0000

And with what execration should the statesman be loaded, who permitting one half the citizens thus [through slavery] to trample on the rights of the other…

Thomas Jefferson

Thomas Jefferson — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 06:28:16 +0000

[S]hould things go wrong at any time, the people will set them to rights by the peaceable exercise of their elective rights.

Alexander Hamilton

Alexander Hamilton — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 18:49:24 +0000

A share in the sovereignty of the state, which is exercised by the citizens at large, in voting at elections is one of the most important rights of the subject, and in a republic ought to stand foremost in the estimation of the law.

George Washington

George Washington — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 00:14:08 +0000

While just government protects all in their religious rights, true religion affords to government its surest support.

George Washington

George Washington — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 23:15:09 +0000

The blessing and protection of Heaven are at all times necessary but especially so in times of public distress and danger. The General hopes and trusts that every officer and man will endeavor to live and act as becomes a Christian soldier, defending the dearest rights and liberties of his country.