Politics Quote by Arundhati Roy

Flags are bits of colored cloth used first to shrinkwrap people's brains and then as ceremonial shrouds to bury the dead.

— Arundhati Roy

Flags are bits of colored cloth that governments use first to shrink-wrap people’s brains and then as ceremonial shrouds to bury the dead. When…

— Arundhati Roy

Nationalism of one kind or another was the cause of most of the genocide of the twentieth century. Flags are bits of colored cloth…

— Arundhati Roy

Flags are about proclaiming power... that visibility is key to our success and to our justice.

— Gilbert Baker

“A blanket could be used as a flag, for a sleepy nation.
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— Jarod Kintz

I believe our flag is more than just cloth and ink. It is a universally recognized symbol that stands for liberty, and freedom. It…

— John Thune

FLAG, n. A colored rag borne above troops and hoisted on forts and ships. It appears to serve the same purpose as certain signs…

— Ambrose Bierce

People rarely win wars, governments rarely lose them. People get killed. Governments moult and regroup, hydra-headed. They use flags first to shrink-wrap people's minds…

— Arundhati Roy

We have bodies coming home and coffins covered in flags, not just in the UK but world-wide.

— Michael Morpurgo

“If you're ashamed to stand by your colours, you better seek for another flag.”

— Mokhtar Dahari

A flag is supposed to represent everything that a country does. It doesn't only represent the good things. If you burn the flag, you're…

— George Carlin

“Flags are blossoming now where little else is blossoming and I am bent on fathoming what it means to love my country. The history…

— Adrienne Rich