Old Glory Quotes

• American Girls and American Guys
  We'll always stand up and salute
  We'll always recognize
  When we see Old Glory Flying
  There's a lot of men dead
  So we can sleep in peace at night
  When we lay down our head.

  Toby Keith

  Girl, Sleep, Night

  Song: Courtesy Of The Red, White And Blue, Album: Greatest Hits 2

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• Each American embassy comes with two permanent features - a giant anti-American demonstration and a giant line for American visas. Most demonstrators spend half their time burning Old Glory and the other half waiting for green cards.

  P. J. O'Rourke

  Funny, Humorous, Two

  P.J. O'Rourke (2012). “Holidays in Hell”, p.18, Atlantic Books Ltd

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• But liberals love to drape themselves in decades-old glories they had nothing to do with.

  Ann Coulter

  Glory, Drapes, Decades

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• I'm proud to be an Oakie from Muskogee, a place where even squares can have a ball. We still wave Old Glory down at the courthouse and white lightning's still the biggest thrill of all.

  Merle Haggard

  Squares, White, Lightning

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• I shall never fight in the armed forces with a Negro by my side... Rather I should die a thousand times, and see Old Glory trampled in the dirt never to rise again, than to see this beloved land of ours become degraded by race mongrels, a throwback to the blackest specimen from the wilds.

  Robert Byrd

  Patriotic, Fighting, Race

  "An Unlikely Friendship: President Obama and Senator Byrd" by Eve Zibel, www.foxnews.com. June 28, 2010.

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• You can't appreciate home till you've left it, money till it's spent, your wife till she's joined a woman's club, nor Old Glory till you see it hanging on a broomstick on the shanty of a consul in a foreign town.

  O. Henry

  Appreciation, Home, Appreciate

  O. Henry (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of O. Henry (Illustrated)”, p.874, Delphi Classics

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• This year, as we celebrate the 230th anniversary of America's independence, please remember the symbols that are sacred to this country. Fly Old Glory high and show your respect and admiration for this great nation and the values we hold dear.

  Kenny Marchant

  Anniversary, Country, Years

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• You can't prove you're an American by waving Old Glory.

  Helen Gahagan Douglas

  Glory, Prove

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• The American flag, Old Glory, standing tall and flying free over American soil for 228 years is the symbol of our beloved country. It is recognized from near and afar, and many lives have been lost defending it.

  Jeff Miller

  Country, Years, Flying

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• And while blood's the only language that your deaf old ears can hear And still you will not answer with that message coming clear Does it mean there's no more ripples in your tired old glory stream And the buzzards own the carcass of your dream?

  Harry Chapin

  Dream, Tired, Mean

  Song: There Only Was One Choice, Album: Dance Band on the Titanic, 1977

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