Flag Quotes

531 quotes by 428 authors

Even pirates, before they attack another ship, hoist a black flag. — Bela Kiraly
American patriotism is generally something that amuses Europeans, I suppose because children look idiotic saluting the flag and because the constitution contains so many cracks… — Katharine Whitehorn
Since its founding, Detroit has been a place of perpetual flames. Three times the city has suffered race riots and three times the city has… — Charlie LeDuff
Why does the U.S. care which flag will be hoisted on a small piece of land thousands of miles away? — Ron Paul
A thoughtful mind, when it sees a Nation's flag, sees not the flag only, but the Nation itself — Henry Ward Beecher
I feel like I just returned a 100-yard kickoff in the last two minutes of the Super Bowl to win it all, only to have… — Kobe Bryant
In the event of the death of a current or former President, like the recent death of President Ronald Reagan, the flag should be flown… — Michael K. Simpson
I want to die at a hundred years old with an American flag on my back and the star of Texas on my helmet, after… — Lance Armstrong
In vain these economic royalists seek to hide behind the flag and the Constitution. In their blindness they forget what the flag and the Constitution… — Franklin D. Roosevelt
If a train doesnâ€™t stop at your station, itâ€™s simply because itâ€™s not your train. Donâ€™t try to flag down the conductor and convince them… — Marianne Williamson
I have sat here happy in the gardens, Watching the still pool and the reeds And the dark clouds. . . . But though I… — Richard Aldington
Beware of the danger signals that flag problems: silence, secretiveness, or sudden outburst. — Sylvia Porter
Slave camps under the flag of freedom, massacres justified by philanthropy or the taste of the superhuman, cripple judgment. On the day when crime puts… — Albert Camus
I led by three or four feet, with Biggy (John Biglow) surging closer on each stroke. I hated him in those last few seconds; he… — Brad Alan Lewis
The first man-made satellite to orbit the earth was named Sputnik. The first living creature in space was Laika. The first rocket to the Moon… — John F. Kennedy
We are friendly to our country, and when we speak of the flag of our Union, we love it, and we love the rights the… — Joseph Smith, Jr.
Obama has been attacked repeatedly for not wearing a flag pin, with Republicans claiming that his patriotism is in question. It's all a bit silly. — Will Thomas
We do not consecrate the flag by punishing its desecration, for in doing so, we dilute the freedom this cherished emblem represents. — William J. Brennan
Unfortunately a Constitutional amendment that would have empowered Congress to make desecration of the United States flag illegal failed to pass by one vote. — Kenny Marchant
When I was in college there was a girls' flag football league. The girls were extremely aggressive. — Lynn Swann

Who Wrote These Flag Quotes

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