Flag Quotes

531 quotes by 428 authors

The American flag is the symbol of our freedom, national pride and history. — Mike Fitzpatrick
There comes a time in every man's life when he's consumed by the desire to spit on his palms, hoist the black flag and start… — H. L. Mencken
Off with your hat, as the flag goes by! And let the heart have its say; you're man enough for a tear in your eye… — Henry Cuyler Bunner
It is obviously good and proper to respect the U.S. flag, perpetuated with the blood of American heroes. On the other hand, it can be… — Sherman Skolnick
The Flag still floats unblotted with defeat! But ah the blood that keeps its ripples red, The starry lives that keep its field alight. — Rupert Hughes
So that's our new flag. The thing we've been fighting for-thirteen stripes for the colonies and thirteen stars in a circle for the union. — Lamar Trotti
We said we'd fly the flag without him and carry on. I didn't give him a kiss because I still hadn't accepted what was happening.… — Robin Gibb
I prefer a man who will burn the flag and then wrap himself in the constitution to a man who will burn the constitution and… — Craig Washington
I am not the flag: not at all. I am but its shadow. — Franklin Knight Lane
The furies are at home in the mirror; it is their address. Even the clearest water, if deep enough can drown. Never think to surprise… — R. S. Thomas
People have learned by bitter experience that the "European fraternal union of peoples" cannot be achieved by mere phrases and pious wishes, but only by… — Friedrich Engels
If anyone, then, asks me the meaning of our flag, I say to him - it means just what Concord and Lexington meant; what Bunker… — Henry Ward Beecher
Shall we carry a flag? It is a rival to Christ. — Tertullian
If you're passionate about something, then you should pick up your flag and run with it. — Bette Midler
Worried about an IRS audit? Avoid what's called a red flag. That's something the IRS always looks for. For example, say you have some money… — Jay Leno
If the flag needs protection at all, it needs protection from members of Congress who value the symbol more than the freedoms that the flag… — Jerrold Nadler
Activist judges and local officials in some parts of the country are not letting up in their efforts to redefine marriage for the rest of… — George W. Bush
Is not nationalism - that devotion to a flag, an anthem, a boundary so fierce it engenders mass murder - one of the great evils… — Howard Zinn
If America is destroyed, it may be by Americans who salute the flag, sing the national anthem, march in patriotic parades, cheer Fourth of July… — Ezra Taft Benson
There is no sense and no sanity in objecting to the desecration of the flag while tolerating and justifying and encouraging as a daily business… — Wendell Berry

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428 authors contributed a total of 531 Flag Quotes, led by these top contributors: