Colonel John Boyle and David in Ch. 7
Source: The Garden of Eden (1986)
“There is nothing right and wrong until anyone defines it.”
"Humanity", Ch.V "Laws: Right and wrong", Part I
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“Remember everything is right until it's wrong. You'll know when it's wrong.'
'You think so?”
'I'm quite sure. If you don't it doesn't matter. Nothing will matter then.'
Colonel John Boyle and David in Ch. 7
The Garden of Eden (1986)
“Nothing, that is morally wrong, can be politically right.”
William Ewart Gladstone
(1809–1898) British Liberal politician and prime minister of the United Kingdom
No citation to Gladstone found. Hannah More https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hannah_More in 1837 in Hints Towards Forming the Character of a Young Princess https://books.google.com/books?id=lv5JAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA179&lpg=PA179&dq=%E2%80%9CNothing+that+is+morally+wrong+can+be+politically+right.%E2%80%9D&source=bl&ots=ne_BjY9onV&sig=8RyZJKi_o7AvvR3N9WcQUU5Q0TI&hl=en&sa=X&ei=84mhVIufIoahyASOrYCoAw&ved=0CEMQ6AEwBw#v=onepage&q=%E2%80%9CNothing%20that%20is%20morally%20wrong%20can%20be%20politically%20right.%E2%80%9D&f=false, The Works of Hannah More, Vol. 4, said the following on p. 179: "On the Whole, we need not hesitate to assert, that in the long course of events, nothing, that is morally wrong, can be politically right. Nothing, that is inequitable, can be finally successful."
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“Nothing wrong with shooting… as long as the right people get shot.”
Clint Eastwood
(1930) actor and director from the United States
“There is nothing wrong with America that cannot be cured by what is right with America.”
Bill Clinton
(1946) 42nd President of the United States
“There is nothing wrong with Scotland that cannot be fixed by what is right with Scotland.”
Alex Salmond
(1954) Scottish National Party politician and former First Minister of Scotland
Paraphrase of Bill Clinton's "There is nothing wrong with America that cannot be cured with what is right in America."
Scotland in the World Forum (February 4, 2008), Church of Scotland (May 25, 2009)
Lewis Pugh
(1969) Environmental campaigner, maritime lawyer and endurance swimmer
There's a big difference.
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