If you want to be free, there is but one way; it is to guarantee an equally full measure of liberty to all your neighbors. There is no other.
Carl Schurz Quotes
Ideals are like stars: you will not succeed in touching them with your hands, but like the seafaring man on the desert of waters, you choose them as your guides, and following them you reach your destiny.
Similar Quotes
Only do what your heart tells you.
- Princess DianaEvery human being has a work to carry on within, duties to perform abroad, influence to ex...
- William Ellery ChanningThe best thing in every noble dream is the dreamer...
- Moncure D. ConwayIf you realized how powerful your thoughts are, you would never think a negative thought.
- Peace PilgrimThere is nothing the matter with Americans except their ideals. The real American is all r...
- G. K. ChestertonComments on: "Carl Schurz Quotes: Ideals are like stars: you will not succeed in touching them with your..."
-
I confidently trust that the American people will prove themselves … too wise not to detect the false pride or the dangerous ambitions or the selfish schemes which so often hide themselves under that deceptive cry of mock patriotism: “Our country, right or wrong!” They will not fail to recognize that our dignity, our free institutions and the peace and welfare of this and coming generations of Americans will be secure only as we cling to the watchword of true patriotism: “Our country–when right to be kept right; when wrong to be put right.”
Tags in Patriotism
Birth: | 2nd March, 1829 |
Death: | 14th May, 1906 |
Nationality: | American, German |
Profession: | Journalist, Lawyer, Politician, Revolutionary, Soldier |
Carl Schurz was born in Liblar (now part of Erftstadt), Prussia. He was a German revolutionary, American statesman and reformer, U.S. Minister to Spain, Union Army General in the American Civil War, U. S. Senator, and Secretary of the Interior. After the war, Schurz was elected a Senator from Missouri in 1868. In 1869, he became the first U.S. Senator to offer a Civil Service Reform bill to Congress. He was also an accomplished journalist, lawyer and politician.
Related Authors
Advertisement
Today's Anniversary - 16th November
Births
- 1977 - Oksana Baiul
- 1970 - Martha Plimpton
- 1839 - William De Morgan
- 1964 - Dwight Gooden
- 1922 - Jose Saramago
Deaths
- 1894 - Robert Charles Winthrop
- 2006 - Milton Friedman
- 1603 - Pierre Charron
- 1985 - Stuart Chase
- 1961 - Sam Rayburn
Quote of the day
Popular Topics
About Quoteswave
Our mission is to motivate, boost self confiedence and inspire people to Love life, live life and surf life with words.
Share with your friends