Worrying that banning flag desecration would inhibit free speech reveals a misunderstanding of the flag's fundamental nature. — Adrian Cronauer Copy Share Image
There is something distinguished about even his failures; they sink not trivially, but with a certain air of majesty, like a great… — George Jean Nathan Copy Share Image
We are raised to honor all the wrong explorers and discoverers thieves planting flags, murderers carrying crosses. Let us at last praise… — Peter S. Beagle Copy Share Image
The Christian icon is not the Stars and Stripes but a cross-flag, and its emblem is not a donkey, an elephant, or… — Shane Claiborne Copy Share Image
Rags, wretchedness, poverty and dirt, those signs and symbols that indicate the presence of [Muslim] rule more surely than the crescent-flag itself,… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
People turn up at my shows with black hearts on their knuckles, waving their hands in the air like flags. — Yungblud Copy Share Image
Patriotic societies seem to think that the way to educate school children in a democracy is to stage bigger and better flag-saluting. — S. I. Hayakawa Copy Share Image
That is, no matther whether th' constitution follows th' flag or not, th' supreme coort follows th' iliction returns. — Finley Peter Dunne Copy Share Image
I have sat here happy in the gardens, Watching the still pool and the reeds And the dark clouds. . . .… — Richard Aldington Copy Share Image
Since its founding, Detroit has been a place of perpetual flames. Three times the city has suffered race riots and three times… — Charlie LeDuff Copy Share Image
American patriotism is generally something that amuses Europeans, I suppose because children look idiotic saluting the flag and because the constitution contains… — Katharine Whitehorn Copy Share Image
You believe that flag burning shows disrespect towards those who have fought to preserve our freedoms. Punishing protestors shows an even more… — Mary Ruwart Copy Share Image
It has been reported that I was seriously ill--it was another man; dying--it was another man; dead--the other man again...As far as… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
When I think of the flag… I see alternate strips of parchment upon which are written the rights of liberty and justice,… — Woodrow Wilson Copy Share Image
Each day the sun would rise and set, the flag would be raised and lowered. Each Sunday I would have a date… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
No, I'll take responsibility for my own life, I am going to make a decision. And you know, to this day, I… — Gloria Steinem Copy Share Image
Every man that tried to destroy the Government, every man that shot at the holy flag in heaven, every man that starved… — Robert Green Ingersoll Copy Share Image
Flags are bits of colored cloth that governments use first to shrink-wrap people’s brains and then as ceremonial shrouds to bury the… — Arundhati Roy Copy Share Image
If you remove the English Army tomorrow and hoist the green flag over Dublin Castle., unless you set about the organization of… — James Connolly Copy Share Image
On this question of principle, while actual suffering was yet afar off, they [the Colonies] raised their flag against a power to… — Daniel Webster Copy Share Image
We fear discovering that we are more than we think we are. More than our parents/children/teachers think we are. We fear that… — Steven Pressfield Copy Share Image
What I’m talking about is more than recompense for past injustices—more than a handout, a payoff, hush money, or a reluctant bribe.… — Ta-Nehisi Coates Copy Share Image
High national emotions are permissible when a soccer team is playing precisely because they are impermissible at most other times. There aren't,… — Anne Applebaum Copy Share Image
“I interviewed my dad on video in his final weeks. When I asked about his work and finding meaning through helping others,… — Lisa Shannon Copy Share Image
Who has time for toxic relationships? If someone isn't honoring your feelings, it's not a real relationship. If you feel drained after… — Doreen Virtue Copy Share Image
Wave the flag, wave the Bible, wave your sex or your business degree, whatever you want, just don't wave that thing at… — Bruce Cockburn Copy Share Image
Patriotism is a passion which induces hot youth to rush forth to get shot and half shot, while sober, conservative age waves… — Joseph Smith, Jr Copy Share Image
I'm not a flag waver for obesity. It's not healthy, and you have a crap life because there is such a downer… — Jo Brand Copy Share Image
We are about to be attacked by Al Qaeda. Wave flags if you have them. That always seems to scare them away.… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
It rose slowly like a gull sensing a reckless blue fish to close to the surface, and then it dived relentlessly for… — Alistair Cooke Copy Share Image
You cannot have companies where many of the largest ones lose money indefinitely without someone finally waving the white flag, and IBM… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The U.S. started with no stars. In fact, it started with a completely different flag. The last two were added in 1959,… — Juan Enriquez Copy Share Image
The Palestinian state is within our grasp. Soon the Palestinian flag will fly on the walls, the minarets and the cathedrals of… — Yasser Arafat Copy Share Image
At least in my country, we have come to accept the flags burning, but what we cannot accept is violence, burning of… — Daniel Fried Copy Share Image
Our flag is a proud flag, and it stands for liberty and civilization. Where it has once floated, there must be no… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
Anyone who says the Confederate Flag is a symbol of hate should be required to go to sensitivity training classes. — Ezola B. Foster Copy Share Image
Why has there been so much secrecy about AIDS? When you ask where did the virus come from, it raises a lot… — Wangari Maathai Copy Share Image
The infernal flag-waving after 9/11 nearly drove liberals out of their gourds. For the left, 'flag-waving' is an epithet. — Ann Coulter Copy Share Image
Now, that doesn't mean that individuals can't have Confederate flags on their property. They have the right to do that. But again,… — Martin Luther King III Copy Share Image
I decided a long time ago I didn't want to be a star personality and live my life out in public. I… — Paul Scofield Copy Share Image
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