Flags Quotes

516 quotes by 417 authors

And all I could do while I listened to this dude tell me how punk rock saved his life was think, Wow. Why did my… — Chuck Klosterman
(Obama's) a nice person, he's very articulate this is what's been used against him, but he couldn't sell watermelons if it, you gave him the… — Dan Rather
When Freedom from her mountain-height Unfurled her standard to the air, She tore the azure robe of night, And set the stars of glory there.… — Joseph Rodman Drake
[Ashcroft vowed to] spare no effort to preserve the rights of all our citizens to pledge allegiance to the American flag. — John Ashcroft
Talk about the flag or drugs or crime (never about race or class or justice) and follow the yellow brick road to the wonderful land… — Lewis H. Lapham
Patriotism! It is used to define so many diversities, to justify so many wrongs, to compass so many ends, that its life is killed out;… — Edwin Hubbel Chapin
Patriotism is a passion which induces hot youth to rush forth to get shot and half shot, while sober, conservative age waves the flag and… — Joseph Smith, Jr.
Patriotism is merely a religion-love of country, worship of country, devotion to the country's flag and honor and welfare. — Mark Twain
Patriotic societies seem to think that the way to educate school children in a democracy is to stage bigger and better flag-saluting. — S I Hayakawa
Remember the hours after September 11th when we came together as one to answer the attack against our homeland. We drew strength when our firefighters… — John F. Kerry
I listen a little to the Democrats, and if one of them gets elected, we are going on defense," Giuliani continued. "We will wave the… — Rudy Giuliani
Oil and coal? Of course, it's a fungible commodity and they don't flag, you know, the molecules, where it's going and where it's not [...].… — Sarah Palin
I don't know of a single instance of these Arab freedom fighters holding up pictures of bin Laden. I know many instances of them displaying… — Paul Wolfowitz
Every time a colony wants independence, the questions on the agenda are: a) how do you get the imperialists out, and b) what kind of… — Ken Loach
Since trade ignores national boundaries and the manufacturer insists on having the world as a market, the flag of his nation must follow him, and… — Woodrow Wilson
The flag of the United States has not been created by rhetorical sentences in declarations of independence and in bills of rights. It has been… — Woodrow Wilson
I would warn Orlando that you're right in the way of some serious hurricanes, and I don't think I'd be waving those flags [gay pride… — Pat Robertson
The people are urged to be patriotic ... by sacrificing their own children. Patriotism requires allegience to the flag, which means obedience and readiness to… — Emma Goldman
If you want a symbolic gesture, don't burn the flag, wash it. — Norman Thomas
It is said that the Queen has come to love the Commonwealth, partly because it supplies her with regular cheering crowds of flag-waving picaninnies; and… — Boris Johnson

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