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> [I always carried a small American flag red white and blue with me so people would know I was from America.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-foreman/i-always-carried-a-small-american-flag-red-white-and-blue-with-me-so/)

[George Foreman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-foreman/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6f3/george-foreman-2028_america_i-always-carried-a-small-american-flag-r_458643.png)

> [I have always regarded as a stroke of good fortune that I was not born or brought up in a small American town; they may be the backbone of the nation, but they are also the backbone of ignorance, bigotry,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gore-vidal/i-have-always-regarded-as-a-stroke-of-good-fortune-that-i-was-not/)

[Gore Vidal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gore-vidal/)

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