Black Quote by Stephen Vincent Benet

I am not the flag: not at all. I am but its shadow.

— Franklin Knight Lane

We sometimes feel the shadows have got hold of us, the shadows of evil. But still, it's up to us to fight.

— Dan Totheroh

“Flags are bits of colored cloth that governments use first to shrink-wrap people’s minds & then as ceremonial shrouds to bury the dead.”

— Arundhati Roy

A flag is supposed to represent everything that a country does. It doesn't only represent the good things. If you burn the flag, you're…

— George Carlin

Flags are bits of colored cloth used first to shrinkwrap people's brains and then as ceremonial shrouds to bury the dead.

— Arundhati Roy

We are very defensive, and therefore aggressive, when we hold on to a particular belief, a dogmas, or when we worship our particular nationality,…

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

I believe our flag is more than just cloth and ink. It is a universally recognized symbol that stands for liberty, and freedom. It…

— John Thune

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

We are determined that before the sun sets on this terrible struggle, Our Flag will be recognized throughout the World as a symbol of…

— George C. Marshall

“Plant your flag, respectfully stand for truth, justice, and freedom for all.”

— L.M. Fields

People rarely win wars, governments rarely lose them. People get killed. Governments moult and regroup, hydra-headed. They use flags first to shrink-wrap people's minds…

— Arundhati Roy

“No religion with a universal message . . . under one flag can even momentarily entertain the idea of employing force to spread its…

— Mirza Tahir Ahmad