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I would throw out the old maxim, ‘My country, right or wrong,’ etc.,…

Quote byMark Twain · 1835–1910

Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Address to the Male Teachers Association of the City of New York (March 16, 1901), Reported in The New York Times, March 17, 1901..

English (original)

I would throw out the old maxim, ‘My country, right or wrong,’ etc., and instead I would say, ‘My country when she is right.’ Because patriotism is supporting your country all the time, but your government only when it deserves it.

— Mark Twain

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