Demand Quote by Joseph Alexander Leighton

Might does not make right but it sure makes what is.

— Edward Abbey

While might certainly does not make right, neither does right by itself make might.

— Richard M. Nixon

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…

— Abraham Lincoln

Might does not make right! Right makes right!

— Anonymous

Justice of right is always to take precedence over might.

— Barbara Jordan

You may have the might, but that does not necessarily make you right.

— Benigno Aquino III

Might was the measure of right.

— Anonymous

Not a single right is indestructible: a new might can at any time abolish it, hence, man possesses not a single permanent right. God…

— Mark Twain

Equality of possessions is no doubt right, but, as men could not make might obey right, they have made right obey might.

— Blaise Pascal

Undoubtedly equality of goods is just; but, being unable to cause might to obey justice, men has made it just to obey might. Unable…

— Blaise Pascal

The time has come to underscore the fact that our and others' rights are contingent on our willingness to assert and defend them.

— John Charles Polanyi

A right is worth fighting for only when it can be put into operation.

— Woodrow Wilson