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Quotes from Address to the Male Teachers Association of the City of New York — Mark Twain

1835–1910 United States

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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.

Address to the Male Teachers Association of the City of New York (1901)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Mark Twain (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.