RIGHT, n. Legitimate authority to be, to do or to have as the right to be a king, the right to do one's neighbor, the right to have measles, and the like. (Ambrose Bierce)

RIGHT, n. Legitimate authority to be, to do or to have as the right to be a king, the right to do one's neighbor, the right to have measles, and the like.

Ambrose Bierce

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