Might Makes Right Quotes

7 quotes by 7 authors

• The doctrine that might makes right has covered the earth with misery. While it crushes the weak, it also destroys the strong. Every deceit, every… — John Peter Altgeld
• It has been said of the world's history hitherto that might makes right. It is for us and for our time to reverse the maxim,… — Abraham Lincoln
• If family violence teaches children that might makes right at home, how will we hope to cure the futile impulse to solve worldly conflicts with… — Letty Cottin Pogrebin
• But now, instead of discussion and argument, brute force rises up to the rescue of discomfited error, and crushes truth and right into the dust.… — Adin Ballou
• Successful crime is dignified with the name of virtue; the good become the slaves of the wicked; might makes right; fear silences the power of… — Seneca the Younger
• I don't believe in man, God nor Devil. I hate the whole damned human race, including myself. I preyed upon the weak, the harmless and… — Carl Panzram
• We don't do ambivalence well in America. We do courage of our convictions. We do might makes right. Ambivalence is French. Certainty is American. — Anna Quindlen

Who Wrote These Might Makes Right Quotes

7 authors contributed a total of 7 Might Makes Right Quotes as follows:

• 1 Might Makes Right Quote by Abraham Lincoln
• 1 Might Makes Right Quote by Letty Cottin Pogrebin
• 1 Might Makes Right Quote by Adin Ballou
• 1 Might Makes Right Quote by Seneca the Younger
• 1 Might Makes Right Quote by Carl Panzram
• 1 Might Makes Right Quote by Anna Quindlen
• 1 Might Makes Right Quote by John Peter Altgeld