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Quotation for Today, Wednesday 4 November

November 4, 2009

“To have a right to do a thing is not at all the same as to be right in doing it.”

G K Chesterton- A Short History of England, Ch.10

One Comment
  1. November 4, 2009 8:33 am

    Yes – and you can have a right but be in the wrong environment to exercise it. For example, you have the right to proceed on a green light but it would be stupid to exercise that right if another vehicle speeding through a red light would collide with you.

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