 | The Senate of the United States.First Session of the Twenty-Sixth Congress. - 1840 - 1154 pages
...trueliearted British seaman and soldier. Such was the noble bearing of our own Decatur, vihe.i lie exclaimed: "Our country! in her intercourse with foreign nations may she always be right ; but in war may she always triumph — right or wrong !" 1» tiit! memorable attack on Copenhagen,... | |
 | Jared Sparks - 1846 - 484 pages
...to sustain its splendor." Decatur responded with a sentiment, which has since become memorable ; " Our country ! In her intercourse with foreign nations,...be in the right ; but our country, right or wrong." May it ever remain the rallying cry of patriotism throughout the land ; not the least valuable of the... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1868 - 828 pages
...Liberty, and Law. Motto of the Salem Register. Life of Story, Vol. \. p. 127. STEPHEN DECATUR. 1779-1820. Our country! In her intercourse with foreign nations,...be in the right ; but our country, right or wrong. Toast given at Norfolk. April, 1816. DANIEL WEBSTER. 1782-1852. Sink or swim, live or die, survive... | |
 | 1920 - 914 pages
...justice with mercy, and with your eye always fixed upon the ultimate goal. It was an American who toasted "Our country. In her intercourse with foreign nations...in the right; but our country, right or wrong." But Lincoln was bigger than that. And it is because we believe that he was bigger than that that we rejoice... | |
 | 1902 - 1058 pages
...are glad to say, not' one of those who believe in the false doctrine expressed by Stephen Decatur, " Our country ! in her intercourse with foreign nations...be in the right; but our country, right or wrong!" Mr. Methuen has given in his first chapter the best succinct history of the politics of the American... | |
 | United States. Congress - 1872 - 914 pages
...always waving over them ; and speaking of the intercourse of onr country with other nations, he says : "Our country; in her intercourse with foreign nations may she always be in th« right " — So far the Senator approves it, and hopes she always will be-in the right — " but... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1874 - 798 pages
...Liberty, and Law. Motto of the Salem Register. Life of Story, Vol. ip 127. STEPHEN DECATUR. 1779-1820. Our country! In her intercourse with foreign nations,...be in the right ; but our country, right or wrong. Toast given at Norfolh. April, 1816. DANIEL WEBSJER. 1782-1852. Sink or swim, live or die, survive... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1875 - 890 pages
...Liberty, and Law. Motto of the Salem Register. Life of Story. *W. i./. 127. STEPHEN DECATUR. 1779-1820. Our country ! In her intercourse with foreign nations,...be in the right ; but our country, right or wrong. Toast given at Norfolk. April, 1816. CHARLES MINER. 1780-1865. When I see a merchant over-polite to... | |
 | 1877 - 362 pages
...there is safety. Proterbs xi. 14. Country. — Our COUNTRY ! in her intercourse with foreign natious, may she always be in the right ; but our country, right or wrong. — STEPHEN DECATCR, Toast at Norfolk, 1816. — There's no glory like his who saves his COUNTRY. TENNYSON,... | |
 | G.W. Carleton & Co - 1878 - 360 pages
...O'Shanter. Counsellors. — In the multitude of COUNSELLORS there ia safety. Proverbs xi. 14. Country. — Our COUNTRY ! in her intercourse with foreign nations,...in the right ; but our country, right or wrong.— • STEPHEN DECATUR, Toast at Norfolk, 1816. — There's no glory like his who saves his COUNTRY. TENNYSON,... | |
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Our country! In her intercourse with foreign nations may she always be in the right; but our country, right or wrong. 
