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“As humans have a prior right to existence over dogs by virtue of being more highly evolved and having a superior consciousness, so women have a prior right to existence over men. The elimination of any male is, therefore, a righteous and good act, an act highly beneficial to women as well as an act of mercy.”

- Valerie Solanas

There is something insane about a lack of doubt. Doubt, to me anyway, is what makes you human, and without doubt even the righteous lose their grip not only on reality but also on their humanity.

- Tilda Swinton

I wish I could say that when I didn`t agree with a director I defer to him, but I think sometimes I`m a little self-righteous.

- Billy Crudup

Bad guys don`t think they`re bad guys. Hitler probably thought he was a wonderful guy doing some wonderful and righteous work for Germany.

- Martin Landau

(When asked what makes Caleb unique and threatening): His accent. Never trust a southerner. No, I`m kidding. They`re wonderful. You want to believe in his niceness and his charm, but he`s an evil kind of crazy man who`s righteous. Fear the righteous.

- Nathan Fillion

My favorite villains are the ones you don`t see coming. What I enjoyed about playing Caleb was that he was so very, very clever, so very, very sweet, and so very, very twisted. I liked that he`s not a typical villain. He`s soft and sweet and righteous, and yet he`s perverted and twisted in his head.

- Nathan Fillion

He`s mythological to me, like Zeus or Thor. I don`t want to dispel all the myths and mysteries that surround some of his stuff, which I think is just absolutely phenomenal, inspiring and righteous.

- Ryan Adams

There is no duty more noble than that which has called you across the world in defense of freedom. Yours is a mission of hope and humanity for the oppressed. Rest assured that while pretend-patriots talk of supporting you, even as they condemn your noble cause, an unwavering vast majority of Americans share and take pride in your mission. You represent all that is good and right about America and are the true face of American patriotism. You walk in those same righteous footsteps of all those patriots who, before you, fought to preserve liberty for all. Our prayers and our personal gratitude are with you and your families. May God Bless You, Charlton and Lydia Heston. - Message sent to the US troops in Iraq, April 2003

- Charlton Heston

I like to live righteous. And I just want everyone to know I`m not trying to get out of anything.

- Kimberly 'Lil' Kim' Jones

He is a righteous man, and he is close to the Lord, and he wouldn`t do these things to anyone.

- Dorothy Green

An orgy looks particularly alluring seen through the mists of righteous indignation.

- Malcolm Muggeridge

In days of doubt, in days of dreary musings on my country`s fate, you alone are my comfort and support, oh great, powerful, righteous, and free Russian language!

- Ivan Turgenev

The company of just and righteous men is better than wealth and a rich estate.

- Abdel Bari Atwan

Most Glorious and eternal Majesty, Thou art righteous and holy in all thou dost to the sons of men, though thou hast suffered men to condemn Thy servant, Thy servant will not condemn Thee.

- Alan Kaufman

The world will never have lasting peace so long as men reserve for war the finest human qualities. Peace, no less than war, requires idealism and self-sacrifice and a righteous and dynamic faith.

- Alison Cottrell

This was the man, this Balaam, I say, was the man, who desired to die the death of the righteous, and that his last end might be like his; and this was the state of his mind when he pronounced these words.

- Allan Ross

And I think that`s righteous, I think that`s what parents want to know. They want to know what`s going right in the school, and what needs improvement, and that`s what this law does.

- Alyn McCauley

Each heartfelt prayer, each Church meeting attended, each worthy friend, each righteous decision, each act of service perfomed all precede that goal of eternal life.

- Andrew DiPasquale

This visible world is wonderfully to be delighted in, and highly to be esteemed, because it is the theatre of God`s righteous Kingdom.

- Andrew Eakle

To everyone who has gone out of the righteous way and has committed a crime in the name of religion and to everyone who belongs to that group that has done itself a disservice, everyone who has been captured in terror acts is given the chance to come back to God if they want to save their lives, their souls,

- Avi Rubin

Much of the self-righteous nonsense that abounds on so many subjects cannot stand up to three questions: (1) Compared to what? (2) At what cost? and (3) What are the hard facts?

- Thomas Sowell

If a man earnestly seeks a righteous life, his first act of abstinence is from animal food.

- Leo Nikolaevich Tolstoy