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G. K. Chesterton - My country, right or wrong' is a...
My country, right or wrong' is a thing no patriot would ever think of saying except in a desperate case. It is like saying 'My mother, drunk or sober. (G. K. Chesterton)

My country, right or wrong' is a thing no patriot would ever think of saying except in a desperate case. It is like saying 'My mother, drunk or sober.

G. K. Chesterton

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