right - quotes

G(ilbert) K(eith) Chesterton, 1874-1936

was an English author and mystery novelist

It is not bigotry to be certain we are right; but it is bigotry to be unable to imagine how we might possibly have gone wrong.

Immanuel Kant, 1724-1804

was a German philosopher

The universal and lasting establishment of peace constitutes not merely a part, but the whole final purpose and end of the science of right as viewed within the limits of reason.

( “The Science of Right” )

Albert Einstein, 1879-1955

was an US (German-born) physicist

No amount of experimentation can ever prove me right; a single experiment can prove me wrong.

Friedrich (Wilhelm) Nietzsche, 1844-1900

was a German philosopher

It is nobler to declare oneself wrong than to insist on being right — especially when one is right.

( “Thus Spoke Zarathustra”, 1883 - 1885 )