Flags Quote by Henry Ward Beecher

A thoughtful mind, when it sees a nation's flag, sees not the flag, but the nation itself.

— Henry Ward Beecher

A thoughtful mind, when it sees a Nation's flag, sees not the flag only, but the Nation itself; and whatever may be its symbols,…

— Henry Ward Beecher

A National Flag is the most sacred thing a nation can possess

— Thomas Francis Meagher

A national spirit is necessary for national existence. A flag is a material aid to the development of such a spirit.

— Mahatma Gandhi

Nationalism is just racism with a flag.

— Peter Joseph

Our flag is not just one of many political points of view. Rather, the flag is a symbol of our national unity.

— Adrian Cronauer

“No nation's flag is great or glorious if it flies over the weak and downtrodden, even if they raise and protect it out of…

— Bryant McGill

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

And when we view a flag, which to the eye is beautiful, and to contemplate its rise and origin inspires a sensation of sublime…

— Thomas Paine

There is the National Flag. He must be cold, indeed, who can look upon its folds rippling in the breeze without pride of country.…

— Charles Sumner

The flag is the embodiment, not of sentiment, but of history.

— Woodrow Wilson

“Why is it that those who want to destroy everything good about their country are the quickest to waive the national flag?”

— Ken Follett