Friday, July 04, 2008

That whenever any form of government becomes destructive to these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or to abolish it...

Mark Twain took the podium at a meeting of the Male Teachers Association of the City of New York on March 16, 1901. There was a lot of blather about patriotism, because the barbaric slaughter of the Philippines was in full swing. One of his famous comments was this:

"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."

And the current government deserves to be hung.

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