"I can never join with my voice in the toast which I see in the papers attributed to one of our gallant naval heroes. I cannot ask of heaven success, even for my country, in a cause where she should be in the wrong. Fiat justitia, pereat coelum. My toast would be, may our country always be successful, but whether successful or otherwise, always right." -- John Quincy Adams (b. 1767-07-11, d. 1848-02-23; President of the United States of America 1825-03-04 to 1829-03-03), 1816-08-01, letter to John Adams (referring to the popular phrase "My Country, Right or Wrong!") [via Wikiquote]
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