"The Senator from Wisconsin cannot frighten me by……" — 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 great American Republic. My country, right or wrong; if right, to be kept right; and if wrong, to be set right."
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Carl Schurz
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14 Quotes by Carl Schurz
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Tis not, 'my country right or wrong'; tis, 'my country, that which is right to be kept right, that which…
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Ideals are like stars; you will not succeed in touching them with your hands. But like the seafaring man on…
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Our ideals resemble the stars, which illumintate the night. No one will ever be able to touch them. But the…
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We have come to a point where it is loyalty to resist, and treason to submit.
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I will make a prophecy that may now sound peculiar. In fifty years Lincoln's name will be inscribed close to…
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Consider: if you incorporate those tropical countries with the Republic of the United States, you will have to incorporate their…
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I have always been in favor of a healthy Americanization, but that does not mean a complete disavowal of our…
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From the equality of rights springs identity of our highest interests; you cannot subvert your neighbor's rights without striking a…
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Ideals are like the stars: we never reach them, but like the mariners of the sea, we chart our course…
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Our country, right or wrong. When right, to be kept right; when wrong, to be put right.
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My country right or wrong; when right, to keep her right; when wrong, to put her right.
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If you want to be free, there is but one way; it is to guarantee an equally full measure of…
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