Flags Quotes

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

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Patriotic, Thoughtful, Patriotism

  "Freedom and War: Discourses on Topics Suggested by the Times".

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• A man may climb Everest for himself, but at the summit he plants his country's flag.

  Margaret Thatcher

  Country, Men, May

  Margaret Thatcher (1997). “The collected speeches of Margaret Thatcher”, HarperCollins

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

  Woodrow Wilson

  Patriotic, Patriotism, Embodiment

  Woodrow Wilson, Albert Bushnell Hart (2002). “Selected Addresses and Public Papers of Woodrow Wilson”, p.91, The Minerva Group, Inc.

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• To survive in peace and harmony, united and strong, we must have one people, one nation, one flag.

  Pauline Hanson

  Strong, People, Harmony

  "Revisit Pauline Hanson's infamous maiden speech". www.sbs.com.au. July 19, 2016.

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• The flag still stands for freedom and they can't take that away.

  Lee Greenwood

  Politics, Proud To Be An American, Stills

  Song: God Bless The U.S.A, Album: American Patriot

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• I believe our flag is more than just cloth and ink. It is a universally recognized symbol that stands for liberty, and freedom. It is the history of our nation, and it's marked by the blood of those who died defending it.

  John Thune

  Believe, Blood, Liberty

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• We have but one flag, one country; let us stand together. We may differ in color, but not in sentiment.

  Nathan Bedford Forrest

  Country, Color, Together

  Speech before the Pole-Bearers Association, chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. July, 1875.

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• The musical flags of the world should fly at half mast because truly one of the greatest guitarists in the world and king of the blues has died. I have cherished him and so has the rest of the world who knew him and loved him for his entire career. As we pain, we must celebrate that his music, his style of playing and singing will last forever, from the recordings that he has done and the influence that he has had and will have on guitarists all over this planet. Long live the spirit of B.B. King.

  Stevie Wonder

  Kings, Pain, Careers

  FaceBook post by Stevie Wonder from May 16, 2015

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• When other presidents used the executive pen, they used to it for things like should we lower the flag at half mast for someone who died and things like that. When President Obama uses it, he changes the way America does business.

  Eric Bolling

  America, President, Doe

  "Critics pan Obama's threat to bypass Congress". "The Five" with Kimberly Guilfoyle, Bob Beckel, Eric Bolling, Dana Perino, and Greg Gutfeld, www.foxnews.com. January 16, 2014.

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• We have, for generations, been trying to be more inclusive of the word Southern. And a symbol like the confederate flag indicates white only are allowed into that world. And removing the Confederate flag from public view to the pages of history is long overdue.

  William R. Ferris

  Views, White, Long

  "Confederate Flag Debate Symbolizes Rapid Change In The South". "All Things Considered" with Rachel Martin, www.npr.org. June 23, 2015.

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• I don't wave a flag for anything. I'm a
  musician.

  Keith Richards

  Musician, Wave

  "Keith Richards' What I've Learned: "Woman Are A Beautiful Complication'". Interview with John H. Richardson, www.esquire.com. December 26, 2013.

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• Who has time for toxic relationships? If someone isn't honoring your feelings, it's not a real relationship. If you feel drained after spending time with someone, that's a red flag!

  Doreen Virtue

  Real, Red Flags, Feelings

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• A regime that wraps itself in the flag of truth fears truth most of all, for if its story is falsified to the slightest degree, its authority is gone.

  Orson Scott Card

  Degrees, Gone, Stories

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

  Adrian Cronauer

  Views, Political, Unity

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• No, I'll take responsibility for my own life, I am going to make a decision. And you know, to this day, I would raise flags on all public buildings to celebrate the chance I had to make that decision.

  Gloria Steinem

  Responsibility, Decision, Chance

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• Our flag is a proud flag, and it stands for liberty and civilization. Where it has once floated, there must be no return to tyranny.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Civilization, Liberty, Proud

  Theodore Roosevelt (1926). “The Works of Theodore Roosevelt”

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• We are about to be attacked by Al Qaeda. Wave flags if you have them. That always seems to scare them away. I'm kidding.

  Kurt Vonnegut

  Scare, Als, Wave

  Kurt Vonnegut (2011). “A Man Without a Country”, p.24, Seven Stories Press

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• Nationalism is just racism with a flag.

  Peter Joseph

  Racism, Nationalism

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• If that's what you're thinking, then don't even question it. Go let your freak flag fly, brother.

  Anthony Kiedis

  Brother, Thinking, Freak

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• I don't get all choked up about yellow ribbons and American flags. I see them as symbols, and I leave them to the symbol-minded.

  George Carlin

  Yellow, Ribbons, American Flag

  "Napalm & Silly Putty".

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• On the field I defend our colours, love our flag and sing our anthem. I could not be more Italian than I am now.

  Gianluigi Buffon

  Italian, Fields, Anthem

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  Patriotism consists not in waving the flag, but in striving that our country shall be righteous as well as strong.

  James Bryce

  Country, Memorial Day, Peace

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• The flag is a symbol of the fact that man is still a herd animal.

  Albert Einstein

  Animal, Men, Facts

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• Ev'ry heart beats true 'neath the Red, White and Blue

  George M. Cohan

  4th Of July, Heart, Blue

  "You're a Grand Old Flag" by George M. Cohan, 1906.

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• Only one flagFlies above all the rest:The flag of universal oneness.

  Sri Chinmoy

  Oneness, Universal

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