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Flag Quotes by Mark Twain
- The kingly office is entitled to no respect. It was originally procured by the highwayman's methods. It remains a perpetuated crime, can never be anything…
- Patriotism is merely a religion-love of country, worship of country, devotion to the country's flag and honor and welfare.
- We Americans are the most lavish and showiest and most luxury loving people on the earth; and at our masthead we fly one true and…
- 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 I can see,…
- Man is the only Patriot. He sets himself apart in his own country, under his own flag, and sneers at the other nations, and keeps…
More Flag Quotes
- The Fourth of July-memorable in the history of our nation as the great day of independence to its countrymen-had no claim upon… — Henry McNeal Turner
- Our flag honors those who have fought to protect it, and is a reminder of the sacrifice of our nation's founders and… — Joe Barton
- 'You've got mail!' exclaims the cheery automaton at America Online. The flag on the mailbox icon waves invitingly on my computer screen.… — Geraldine Brooks
- The Israelis are mistaken if they think we do not have an alternative to negotiations. By Allah I swear they are wrong.… — Yasser Arafat
- Patriotism consists not in waving the flag, but in striving that our country shall be righteous as well as strong. — James Bryce
- ...the crimes of violence committed for selfish, personal motives are historically insignificant compared to those committed ad majorem gloriam Dei, out of… — Arthur Koestler
- Oh, it's home again and home again, America for me! I want a ship that's westward bound to plough the rolling sea… — Henry Van Dyke
- The point I wish to make is that those things cause the soldier to remember that the people at home are behind… — John J. Pershing