Tis not, 'my country right or wrong'; tis, 'my country, that which is right to be kept right, that which is wrong to be set right'
Ideals are like the stars: we never reach them, but like the mariners of the sea, we chart our course by them. - Carl Schurz
Ideals are like the stars: we never reach them, but like the mariners of the sea, we chart our course by them.
- Carl Schurz
Ideals are like stars; you will not succeed in touching them with your hands. But like the seafaring man on the desert of waters, you choose them as … - Carl Schurz
Ideals are like stars; you will not succeed in touching them with your hands. But like the seafaring man on the desert of waters, you choose them as …
I have always been in favor of a healthy Americanization, but that does not mean a complete disavowal of our German heritage. It means that our chara… - Carl Schurz
I have always been in favor of a healthy Americanization, but that does not mean a complete disavowal of our German heritage. It means that our chara…
When the life of the nation was attempted, when the cause of liberty and human rights called for their aid, they rushed forth to rally under the bann… - Carl Schurz
When the life of the nation was attempted, when the cause of liberty and human rights called for their aid, they rushed forth to rally under the bann…
I confidently trust that the American people will prove themselves ... too wise not to detect the false pride or the dangerous ambitions or the selfi… - Carl Schurz
I confidently trust that the American people will prove themselves ... too wise not to detect the false pride or the dangerous ambitions or the selfi…
I will make a prophecy that may now sound peculiar. In fifty years Lincoln's name will be inscribed close to Washington's on this Republic's roll of … - Carl Schurz
I will make a prophecy that may now sound peculiar. In fifty years Lincoln's name will be inscribed close to Washington's on this Republic's roll of …
The Senator from Wisconsin cannot frighten me by exclaiming, My country, right or wrong. In one sense I say so too. My country; and my country is the… - Carl Schurz
The Senator from Wisconsin cannot frighten me by exclaiming, My country, right or wrong. In one sense I say so too. My country; and my country is the…
Our country ... when right, to be kept right. When wrong, to be put right. - Carl Schurz
Our country ... when right, to be kept right. When wrong, to be put right.
We have come to a point where it is loyalty to resist, and treason to submit. - Carl Schurz
We have come to a point where it is loyalty to resist, and treason to submit.
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