Flag Day Quotes

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  • When I think of the flag.... I see alternate strips of parchment upon which are written the rights of liberty and justice, and stripes of blood to vindicate those rights, and then, in the corner, a prediction of the blue serene into which every nation may swim which stands for these great things.

    Thinking   Rights   Blue  
    Woodrow Wilson, Ray Stannard Baker, Howard Seavoy Leach (1926). “The Public Papers of Woodrow Wilson: College and state; educational literary and political papers (1875-1913)”
  • As long as I live, I will never forget that day 21 years ago when I raised my hand and took the oath of citizenship. Do you know how proud I was? I was so proud that I walked around with an American flag around my shoulders all day long.

    Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
  • White collar conservative flashin' down the street, Pointing that plastic finger at me, Hoping soon my kind will drop and die, But I'm gonna wave my freak flag high.

    Freedom   White   Flags  
    "Song: 'If 6 Was 9'". 1967.
  • You are the makers of the flag and it is well that you glory in the making.

    Flags   Glory   Flag Day  
  • The colors that float from the masthead should be the credentials of our seamen. There is no safety to us, and the gentlemen have shown it, but in the rule that all who sail under the flag (not being enemies) are protected by the flag.

    "Memorable American Speeches, Volume II: Democracy and Nationality". Book collected and edited by John Vance Cheney, 1907-1910.
  • The union of hearts-the union of hands-And the flag of our Union forever. - George Pope Morris. Your flag and my flag, And how it flies today In your land and my land And half a world away! Rose-red and blood-red The stripes for ever gleam; Snow-white and souldwhite- The good forefathers' dream; Sky-blue and true-blue, with stars to gleam aright- The gloried guidon of the day; a shelter through the night.

    Dream   Stars   Heart  
  • I have seen the glories of art and architecture, and mountain and river; I have seen the sunset on the Jungfrau, and the full moon rise over Mont Blanc; but the fairest vision on which these eyes ever looked was the flag of my country in a foreign land. Beautiful as a flower to those who hate it, terrible as a meteor to those who hate it, it is the symbol of the power and glory, and the honor, of fifty million Americans.

    Beautiful   Country   Art  
  • The American flag represents all of us and all the values we hold sacred.

  • The flag of the United States has not been created by rhetorical sentences in declarations of independence and in bills of rights. It has been created by the experience of a great people, and nothing is written upon it that has not been written by their life. It is the embodiment, not of a sentiment, but of a history.

    Woodrow Wilson, Albert Bushnell Hart (2002). “Selected Addresses and Public Papers of Woodrow Wilson”, p.91, The Minerva Group, Inc.
  • On no further occasion present a flag or medal to an Indian.

    Zebulon Montgomery Pike, Elliott Coues (1987). “The expeditions of Zebulon Montgomery Pike”, Dover Pubns
  • When Freedom from her mountain height Unfurled her standard to the air, She tore the azure robe of night, And set the stars of glory there.

    Stars   Night   Air  
    JOSEPH RODMAN DRAKE (1836). “THE CULPRIT FAY”, p.89
  • There is no flag large enough to cover the shame of killing innocent people.

    Peace   War   Patriotic  
    Howard Zinn (1993). “Failure to Quit: Reflections of an Optimistic Historian”, p.118, South End Press
  • The American flag is the symbol of our freedom, national pride and history.

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

    Views   Political   Unity  
  • I am not the flag: not at all. I am but its shadow.

    Shadow   Flags   Flag Day  
  • 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 the ultimate icon of America's storied history, the Stars and Stripes represents the very best of this nation.

    Stars   Hero   Sacrifice  
  • The American flag is the most recognized symbol of freedom and democracy in the world.

    Democracy   Flags   World  
    Twitter post from Jun 14, 2015
  • My stars and my stripes are your dream and your labors.

    Dream   Stars   Stripes  
  • Off with your hat, as the flag goes by! And let the heart have its say; you're man enough for a tear in your eye that you will not wipe away.

    Heart   Patriotic   Eye  
    Henry Cuyler Bunner (1896). “The Poems of H.C. Bunner ...”
  • Our flag means all that our fathers meant in the Revolutionary War. It means all that the Declaration of Independence meant. It means justice. It means liberty. It means happiness.... Every color means liberty. Every thread means liberty. Every star and stripe means liberty.

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

  • We do not consecrate the flag by punishing its desecration, for in doing so, we dilute the freedom this cherished emblem represents.

    "Dear President-Elect Trump, this Free Speech thing is Way Out of Control" by Anne Clendening, www.elephantjournal.com. November 30, 2016.
  • We take the star from Heaven, the red from our mother country, separating it by white stripes, thus showing that we have separated from her, and the white stripes shall go down to posterity representing liberty.

    Mother   Country   Stars  
  • The red and white and starry blue Is freedom's shield and hope.

    Blue   White   Shields  
  • And when we view a flag, which to the eye is beautiful, and to contemplate its rise and origin inspires a sensation of sublime delight, our national honor must unite with our interests to prevent injury to the one, or insult to the other.

    Beautiful   Eye   Views  
    Thomas Paine, John P. Kaminski (2002). “Citizen Paine: Thomas Paine's Thoughts on Man, Government, Society, and Religion”, p.20, Rowman & Littlefield
  • Let us raise a standard to which the wise and honest can repair; the rest is in the hands of God.

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

    "You're a Grand Old Flag" by George M. Cohan, 1906.
  • Th' imperial ensign, which full high advanc'd Shone like a meteor, streaming to the wind.

    John Milton, John Rice (1766). “Paradise Lost ... With notes of various authors, by John Rice”, p.29
  • Today at school I wrote an essay about Flag Day which was so beautiful, but ever so beautiful - for I even used words without really knowing what they meant.

    Clarice Lispector, Giovanni Pontiero (1996). “Descoberta Do Mundo”, p.161, New Directions Publishing
  • If one, then, asks me the meaning of our flag, I say to him, It means just what Concord and Lexington meant, what Bunker Hill meant; it means the whole glorious Revolutionary War, which was, in short, the rising up of a valiant young people against an old tyranny, to establish the most momentous doctrine that the world had ever known - the right of men to their own selves and to their liberties.

    Veterans Day   Mean   Men  
    "Freedom and War: Discourses on Topics Suggested by the Times".
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