Flags Quotes - Page 6

• Sure I wave the American flag. Do you know a better flag to wave? Sure I love my country with all her faults. I'm not ashamed of that, never have been, never will be.

  John Wayne

  Country, 4th Of July, Patriotic

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• I pledge allegiance to the Christian flag, and to the Savior, for whose Kingdom it stands, one Savior, crucified, risen, and coming again, with life and liberty for all who believe.

  Dan Quayle

  Christian, Believe, Liberty

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• I don't want the news to be patriotic. I don't want to see flags on the lapels of the anchors. I don't want any of that.

  Aaron McGruder

  Patriotic, Anchors, News

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• You cannot have companies where many of the largest ones lose money indefinitely without someone finally waving the white flag, and IBM is the most recent example of that.

  Kevin B. Rollins

  White, Example, Ibm

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• Our moneyed men have ruled us for the past thirty years. Under the flag of the slaveholder they hoped to destroy our liberty.

  Denis Kearney

  Past, Men, Years

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• Let it be borne on the flag under which we rally in every exigency, that we have one country, one constitution, one destiny.

  Daniel Webster

  Country, Destiny, America

  Speech at Niblo's Saloon, New York, N.Y., 15 Mar. 1837

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• When I was in college there was a girls' flag football league. The girls were extremely aggressive.

  Lynn Swann

  Girl, Football, College

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• Worrying that banning flag desecration would inhibit free speech reveals a misunderstanding of the flag's fundamental nature.

  Adrian Cronauer

  Worry, Fundamentals, Speech

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• Our flag represents every American and it should not be hidden away as a result of property agreements.

  Mike Fitzpatrick

  Agreement, Results, Should

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• I still want to be the candidate for guys with Confederate flags in their pickup trucks.

  Howard Dean

  Guy, Want, Truck

  "Dems battle over Confederate flag". Des Moines Register Interview, edition.cnn.com. November 2, 2003.

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• Either I will come back after hoisting the Tricolor, or I will come back wrapped in it, but I will be back for sure.

  Vikram Batra

  Military, Army, Soldier

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• Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats.

  H. L. Mencken

  Funny, Badass, Anger

  H. L. Mencken, Marion Elizabeth Rodgers (2010). “H.L. Mencken: Prejudices: First, Second, and Third Series”, Hubsta Ltd

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• O! thus be it ever, when freemen shall stand Between their loved home and the war's desolation! Blest with victory and peace, may the heav'n rescued land Praise the Power that hath made and preserved us a nation. Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just, And this be our motto: 'In God is our trust.' And the star-spangled banner in triumph shall wave O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave!

  Francis Scott Key

  Stars, War, Home

  Francis Scott Key, Roger Brooke Taney (1857). “Poems”, p.33

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• The less a statesman amounts to, the more he loves the flag.

  Kin Hubbard

  Libertarian, Statesmen, Amount

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• For black folks, the Confederate flag represents the same thing that the Nazi flag represents to the Jews. There is absolutely no difference when we look at it. Now, white folks try to explain it away like, 'Oh, it's OK.' But when you're black, it is not OK. It represents oppression and murder.

  Ken Page

  White, Differences, Black

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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, Old Glory

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• When the wheel was accepted as part of the national flag, it was surely implied that the spinning wheel would hum in every household.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Spinning, Wheels, Accepted

  Mahatma Gandhi (1974). “Collected Works”

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• The Minutemen were seen as more of an art thing than Black Flag, although I didn't see them that way. It confused people when we put out Saccharine Trust, too.

  Greg Ginn

  Art, Confused, People

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• The reason that democracies always defeat dictatorships is because they're open to debate. We should never allow Washington to say, 'Shut up, get in line and wave the flag.'

  Ralph Nader

  Democracy, Lines, Debate

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• Flag desecration is not a constitutional issue for the courts. It is a political one that belongs to the people.

  Larry Craig

  Issues, People, Political

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• On the field of battle, the spoken word does not carry far enough; hence the institution of gongs and drums... banners and flags. Gongs and drums, banners and flags, are means whereby the ears and eyes of the host may be focused on one particular point.

  Sun Tzu

  Art, War, Mean

  Sun Tzu (2010). “The Art of War”, p.23, Cosimo, Inc.

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• One of the most tragicomic things in life is that when a man makes an imaginary thing - such as a religion - as his own flag and carries it all his life and even dies for it! An intelligent man has only one flag: Flag of reason and science!

  Mehmet Murat Ildan

  Life, Science, Men

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• The flag of your nation - wave it! Begin to separate your nation from whatever covenant your forefathers must have had. Break the covenant of corruption/ stealing/ killing/ destruction/ idolatry - break it right now!

  T. B. Joshua

  Covenant, Corruption, Stealing

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• When the plot flags, bring in a man with a gun.

  Raymond Chandler

  Gun, Men, Plot

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• There is much more to being a patriot and a citizen than reciting the pledge or raising a flag.

  Jesse Ventura

  House, Citizens, Patriot

  Jesse Ventura (2016). “Sh*t Politicians Say: The Funniest, Dumbest, Most Outrageous Things Ever Uttered By Our "Leaders"”, p.155, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

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