Blood Quote by RZA

The flag of our stately battles, not struggles of wrath and greed, Its stripes were a holy lesson, its spangles a deathless creed: 'T…

— Julia Ward Howe

They see the bloody flag rise. They take away we children. They take away your sons.

— Big Youth

Every red stripe in that flag represents the black man's blood that has been shed.

— Fannie Lou Hamer

Red was the blood of the siblings massacred in the North, black was for mourning them, green was for the prosperity Biafra would have,…

— Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

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

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

Our flag honors those who have fought to protect it, and is a reminder of the sacrifice of our nation's founders and heroes. As…

— Joe Barton

When I see our beautiful 50 stars and 13 red and white stripes, I think about the many times I've seen this flag draped…

— Brian Mast

“Everyone knows that there are thirteen stripes to represent the original thirteen colonies and fifty stars, each representing one of the fifty states. But…

— Ben Carson

To us, it might look like just a rag. But to the brave, embattled men of the fort, it was more than that. It…

— Jack Handey

I've raised my children to respect that flag, to stand, to put their hand across their heart and to recognize those sacrifices that have…

— Kim Reynolds

I didn't know what was going on at the start in the swirling wind. The flags were all pointing in different directions and I…

— Mike Watkins