Open Space & Anti-Americanism

[Alan Klein]

Interestingly, the original quote came from U.S. Senator Carl Schurz who, on
February 29, 1872, made the following remark on the floor of the Senate:

"..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."
(The Congressional Globe, vol. 45, p. 1287)

No one seems to ever think to quote the whole thing. Not in this war...not
during the Vietnam War. I wonder why?

~Alan Klein

-----Original Message-----
From: David William McKay
If I was an American -- I'm a Canuck -- I would be worried about the
situation. Perhaps I have it bass-ackwards. But in wartime survival
dictates "my country right or wrong" but in peacetime democracy dictates
that the citizenry place democracy itself as the priority.

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