Carl Schurz

We have come to a point where it is loyalty to resist, and treason to submit.

— 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

My country, right or wrong; if right, to be kept right; and if wrong, to be set right

— Carl Schurz

Consider: if you incorporate those tropical countries with the Republic of the United States, you will have to incorporate their people too.

— Carl Schurz

My country right or wrong; when right, to keep her right; when wrong, to put her right.

— Carl Schurz

Tis not, 'my country right or wrong'; tis, 'my country, that which is right to be kept right, that which is wrong…

— Carl Schurz

Our country, right or wrong. When right, to be kept right; when wrong, to be put right.

— Carl Schurz

If you want to be free, there is but one way; it is to guarantee an equally full measure of liberty to…

— Carl Schurz

From the equality of rights springs identity of our highest interests; you cannot subvert your neighbor's rights without striking a dangerous blow…

— Carl Schurz

The Senator from Wisconsin cannot frighten me by exclaiming, My country, right or wrong. In one sense I say so too. My…

— 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…

— Carl Schurz

“Ideals are like stars; you will not succeed in touching them with your hands, but like the sea fearing man on the…

— Carl Schurz

Our ideals resemble the stars, which illumintate the night. No one will ever be able to touch them. But the men who,…

— Carl Schurz

Ideals are like stars; you will not succeed in touching them with your hands. But like the seafaring man on the desert…

— Carl Schurz

Ideas are like stars; you will not succeed in touching them with your hands. But like the seafaring man in the desert…

— Carl Schurz

I have always been in favor of a healthy Americanization, but that does not mean a complete disavowal of our German heritage.…

— Carl Schurz

When the life of the nation was attempted, when the cause of liberty and human rights called for their aid, they rushed…

— Carl Schurz

I confidently trust that the American people will prove themselves ... too wise not to detect the false pride or the dangerous…

— Carl Schurz

Our country ... when right, to be kept right. When wrong, to be put right.

— Carl Schurz