Interestingly, the original quote came from U.S. Senator Carl Schurz who, on February 29, 1872, made the following remark on the floor of the Senate:
"..My country; and my country is the great American Republic. My country, right or wrong; if right, to be kept right; and if wrong, to be set right." (The Congressional Globe, vol. 45, p. 1287) No one seems to ever think to quote the whole thing. Not in this war...not during the Vietnam War. I wonder why? ~Alan Klein -----Original Message----- From: David William McKay If I was an American -- I'm a Canuck -- I would be worried about the situation. Perhaps I have it bass-ackwards. But in wartime survival dictates "my country right or wrong" but in peacetime democracy dictates that the citizenry place democracy itself as the priority. * * ========================================================== [email protected] ------------------------------ To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of [email protected]: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html To learn about OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs: http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist
