Tis Not, 'my Country Right Or Wrong';

Our Country ... When Right, To Be Kept Right. When Wrong, To Be Put Right.

Our Ideals Resemble The Stars, Which Illumintate The Night. No One Will Ever Be Able To Touch Them. But The Men Who, Like The Sailors On The Ocean, Take Them For Guides, Will Undoubtedly Reach Their Goal.

I Confidently Trust That The American People Will Prove Themselves ... Too Wise Not To Detect The False Pride Or The Dangerous Ambitions Or The Selfish Schemes Which So Often Hide Themselves Under That Deceptive Cry Of Mock Patriotism: "our Country, Right Or Wrong!" They Will Not Fail To Recognize That Our Dignity, Our Free Institutions And The Peace And Welfare Of This And Coming Generations Of Americans Will Be Secure Only As We Cling To The Watchword Of True Patriotism: "our Country - When Right To Be Kept Right; When Wrong To Be Put Right."

Ideals Are Like The Stars: We Never Reach Them, But Like The Mariners Of The Sea, We Chart Our Course By Them.

Tis Not, 'my Country Right Or Wrong'; Tis, 'my Country, That Which Is Right To Be Kept Right, That Which Is Wrong To Be Set Right'