My country, right or wrong; if right, to be kept right; and if wrong, to be set right.
--Carl Schurz (1829-1906), German-born American statesman
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Quips and Quotations
Our country, right or wrong. When right to be kept right, when wrong to be put right.
--former Union Army Major Carl Schurz, in a speech to Congress in 1872.
Democracy is not something you believe in or a place to hang your hat, but it's something you do. You participate. If you stop doing that, democracy crumbles.
--Abbie Hoffman
--former Union Army Major Carl Schurz, in a speech to Congress in 1872.
Democracy is not something you believe in or a place to hang your hat, but it's something you do. You participate. If you stop doing that, democracy crumbles.
--Abbie Hoffman
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