“My country, right or wrong; if right, to be kept right; and if wrong, to be set right.” — Senator Carl Schurz, February 29, 1872.
Pro Tip, Mango Mussolini: “‘My country, right or wrong,’ is a thing that no patriot would think of saying. It is like saying, ‘My mother, drunk or sober.’” — G. K. Chesterton.
-bill kenny
Ramblings of a badly aged Baby Boomer who went from Rebel Without a Cause to Bozo Without a Clue in, seemingly, the same afternoon.
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