 | Philosophy - 1872 - 400 pages
...American officer once expressed this subordination of moral to political duties in the following toast: "My country — may she ever be right; but, right or wrong, my country." This is, perhaps, only the feeling of patriotism ; but the insight of Cassius was deeper, for he comprehended... | |
 | Denton Jaques Snider - 1877 - 474 pages
...American officer once expressed this subordination of moral to political duties in the following toast: " My country — may she ever be right; but, right or wrong, my country." This is, perhaps, only the feeling of patriotism; but the insight of Cassius was deeper, for he comprehended... | |
 | Indians of North America - 1916 - 554 pages
...viciously. Our desire to do our duty to our country may sometimes cause us to quote the famous toast, "My country, may she ever be right, but right or wrong, my coun•Reproduced from address to Phoenix Im ian School YMCA by request. try!" yet men who say this... | |
 | Indiana State Bar Association (1916- ) - Bar associations - 1902 - 332 pages
...this presence. Of the lawyer's loyalty to his client much has been said. Too much can not be said. "My country, may she ever be right, but right or wrong, my country," is a beautiful and proper sentiment. Lawyers believe it fervently and live it earnestly. They expand... | |
 | Medicine - 1904 - 910 pages
...gallant officers of our navy. It is said of him that on his death bed he gave this toast : "Here's to my country, may she ever be right, but right or wrong, my country." May each and every one of you nurses and internes, ever manifest the same spirit of loyalty to the... | |
 | Cyrus Townsend Brady - History - 1905 - 352 pages
...begun, it was very hard not to espouse the cause of the United States, no matter whose the fault. " My country, may she ever be right; but right or wrong, my country," Stephen Decatur's famous phrase, has an appeal which it is difficult for the sternest patriot, the... | |
 | John Lesslie Hall - Confederate States of America - 1907 - 376 pages
...ought to stand by the government, just as many of us Americans think in regard to matters of our day. "My country, may she ever be right, but right or wrong, my country" — this is the feeling of a great number of patriotic men in all ages. "Taxation without representation"... | |
 | Buffalo Public Library (Buffalo, N.Y.) - Children - 1909 - 184 pages
...Golden numbers, 88. Graded poetry bk. 7, 74. Stepping stones bk. 5, 137. Decatur, Stephen, 1779-1820. My country — may she ever be right, but right or wrong, my country! — Stephen Decatur. Barnes. Naval actions of the war of 1812. Ref. Contains: "United States" and "Macedonian,"... | |
 | Algie Martin Simons, Charles H. Kerr - American periodicals - 1915 - 802 pages
...in any way attached to the "tribe," are especially destitute of all considerations of human'justice and mercy. They are mere targets for anyone who wants...country than it is, and he works to make it so. THE INTERNATIONAL SOCIALIST REVIEW 363 "The world is my country," said Thomas Paine. Such words come from... | |
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My country — may she ever be right; but, right or wrong, my country. 
