"My kind of loyalty was to one's country,
not to its institutions or its officeholders.
The country is the real thing, the substantial thing, the eternal thing;
it is the thing to watch over, and care for, and be loyal to;
institutions are extraneous, they are its mere clothing,
and clothing can wear out, become ragged, cease to be comfortable,
cease to protect the body from winter, disease, and death:"

Mark Twain