[Imc-newsroom] misquote

[OvRlord103 at aol.com]

       I found my way to your site recently, and in scanning the 
"Perspectives On Terror Tuesday" article, I spotted a quote that had been 
erroneously misquoted. The misquote follows, in this passage:

         Back then the proponents of the war had their slogans. One of them 
was "Right or wrong, my country!" Those of us who took the trouble to 
research the origins of the slogan discovered, however, that it had been 
taken out of context. The full text of the original statement read instead: 
"Right or wrong, my country. If it's right, keep it right. If it's wrong, 
MAKE it right."

       The "right or wrong, my country" quote was originally a toast given by 
19th century U.S. Naval Officer Stephen Decatur, and proceeded thus:

       "To our Country! In her intercourse with foreign nations, may she 
always be in the right, but our country, right or wrong!"

    I do not know if the addition, "If it's right, keep it right. If it's 
wrong, MAKE it right," made on your website was deliberately written in to 
mislead readers as to the original spirit of the words, or if it was an 
honest mistake, but either way, try to be more careful when restating the 
words of famous American heroes.
    
    

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