The quote "What is right is not always popular and what is popular is not always right." is famous quote attributed to Albert Einstein (1879–1955), German-born physicist and founder of the theory of relativity.
“What's right isn't always popular, and whats popular isn't always right.”
Source: Never Again: Securing America and Restoring Justice (2006), p. 229
“The time is always right to do what’s right.”
Speech delivered in Finney Chapel at Oberlin College (22 October 1964), as reported in "When MLK came to Oberlin" by Cindy Leise, The Chronicle-Telegram (21 January 2008) http://chronicle.northcoastnow.com/2008/01/21/when-mlk-came-to-oberlin/
1960s
Variant: The time is always right to do what’s right.
Answering the question "What led you to stake out the noir Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner genre?", in "My Lunch with Warren Zevon" by David Bowman,Salon.com (17 March 2000)
Ben Horowitz, " The Fine Line Between Fear and Courage http://www.bhorowitz.com/the_fine_line_between_fear_and_courage," at bhorowitz.com, August 07, 2011.
“The best of us would rather be popular than right.”
No. 44, the Mysterious Stranger (unpublished manuscript written 1902–1908)
During his stay in Prague, Netanyahu praised the Czech government for opposing the Palestinian move in the UN General Assembly to have a status upgrade, as quoted in "Merkel Meets Netanyahu amid Tense Relations" (6 December 2012) http://www.ipsnews.net/2012/12/merkel-meets-netanyahu-amid-tense-relations/
2010s, 2012
'Wuthering depths'
Essays and reviews, The Crystal Bucket (1982)
