my country, right or wrong
短语
英文释义
短语
- an expression of patriotism.
词源
Originally Stephen Decatur, in an after-dinner toast of 1816–1820:
: “Our Country! In her intercourse with foreign nations may she always be in the right; but right or wrong, our country!”
Often attributed to Carl Schurz, who in a speech in 1872 amended it as
: “My country, right or wrong; if right, to be kept right; and if wrong, to be set right.”
: “Our Country! In her intercourse with foreign nations may she always be in the right; but right or wrong, our country!”
Often attributed to Carl Schurz, who in a speech in 1872 amended it as
: “My country, right or wrong; if right, to be kept right; and if wrong, to be set right.”
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