i see people use "be right" in different ways. i think that in arguments with close friends/lovers, the complaint "you just need to be right all the time" usually means something like "be acknowledged as being right," whereas in the sentiment "i'd rather be right than president" it means more like "have views that are correct even if nobody else agrees that you're right."

in either sense, i feel like whether being right and being good are in conflict or not, and if so which is preferable, kinda depends on what the consequences are of being wrong.