Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989.
| NUMBER: | 346 |
| AUTHOR: | Stephen Decatur (1779–1820) |
| QUOTATION: | Our country! In her intercourse with foreign nations, may she always be in the right; but our country, right or wrong. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Niles’ Weekly Register, published in Baltimore, Maryland, gave a slightly different version in its April 20, 1816, issue (p. 136). A number of the toasts at the dinner for Decatur were included, probably reprinted from a Virginia newspaper, and Decatur’s appeared as: “Our country—In her intercourse with foreign nations may she always be in the right, and always successful, right or wrong.” |
| SUBJECTS: | Country |