My Country, Right or Wrong/Quotes: Difference between revisions

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{{quote|"My country, right or wrong," is a thing that no patriot would think of saying. It is like saying, "My mother, drunk or sober."|'''[[GK Chesterton]]'''}}

{{quote|"My country, right or wrong," is a thing that no patriot would think of saying. It is like saying, "My mother, drunk or sober."|'''[[G. K. Chesterton]]'''}}

{{quote|"But you know as well as I, patriotism is a word; and one that generally comes to mean either my country, right or wrong, which is infamous, or my country is always right, which is imbecile."|'''Patrick O'Brian'''}}

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'''Cecil''': "Enough."<br />

'''Soldier''': "But, Lord Captain! The Mysidians offered no resistance! And still we cut them down!"<br />

'''Cecil''': "Listen to me. We did no more than what our kingdom's peace and prosperity required us to do. The Mysidians knew too much of the Crystal and its secrets. His Majesty deemed it so. We are the Red Wings of Baron! It is not our place to question the orders of our king."|''[[~~Final Fantasy IV (Video Game)|~~Final Fantasy IV]] DS''}}

'''Cecil''': "Listen to me. We did no more than what our kingdom's peace and prosperity required us to do. The Mysidians knew too much of the Crystal and its secrets. His Majesty deemed it so. We are the Red Wings of Baron! It is not our place to question the orders of our king."|''[[Final Fantasy IV]] DS''}}

{{quote|'''American general''': "You mean your convictions or your country's convictions?"<br />

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{{quote|Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel|Samuel Johnson}}

{{quote|"The world will '''never''' know how I struggled with the decision to '''stay out''' of the electorial process. Should I have gone on television and told the voters '''not''' to elect this man? And what then? If I use my '''influence''' -- my '''character''' and my '''reputation''' -- to tell people how to vote, what does that make me? I choose to fight for Truth, Justice and the American Way. And for all it's flaws, American democracy ''does'' work... The United States doesn't need me to dictate, or worse, '''deprive''' her people of that most precious gift. The freedom of ''choice''. Even when I knew in my heart that choice was '''wrong'''."|[[Superman]], [[~~Superman (Comic Book)|~~Superman]]/[[Batman]]: Public Enemies}}

{{quote|"The world will '''never''' know how I struggled with the decision to '''stay out''' of the electorial process. Should I have gone on television and told the voters '''not''' to elect this man? And what then? If I use my '''influence''' -- my '''character''' and my '''reputation''' -- to tell people how to vote, what does that make me? I choose to fight for Truth, Justice and the American Way. And for all it's flaws, American democracy ''does'' work... The United States doesn't need me to dictate, or worse, '''deprive''' her people of that most precious gift. The freedom of ''choice''. Even when I knew in my heart that choice was '''wrong'''."|[[Superman]], [[Superman]]/[[Batman]]: Public Enemies}}

{{quote| '''Enoch Powell''': No, we do not fight for values. I would fight for this country even if it had a Communist government.<br />

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{{quote|"Because today I am on state business, and I have no inclination to let private friendship override my public duty."|Xu Huang, [[Romance of the Three Kingdoms]]}}

{{quote|"''But you know as I, patriotism is a word; and one that generally comes to mean ‘whither my country right or wrong,’ which is infamous, or ‘my country is always right,’ which is imbecile.''"|[[Aubrey Maturin|'''Stephen Maturin''']]}}

{{quote|"''But you know as I, patriotism is a word; and one that generally comes to mean ‘whither my country right or wrong,’ which is infamous, or ‘my country is always right,’ which is imbecile.''"|[[Aubrey-Maturin|'''Stephen Maturin''']]}}