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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

Black, Times, Normal

White collar conservative flashin down the street, pointing that plastic finger at me, they all assume my kind will drop and die, but I'm gonna wave my freak flag high.
Jimi Hendrix

Down, Die, High

When facism comes to America it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying a cross.
Sinclair Lewis

America, Cross, Carrying

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.
Arnold Schwarzenegger

Live, Forget, Long

I don't judge others. I say if you feel good with what you're doing, let your freak flag fly.
Sarah Jessica Parker

Good, Judge, Others

There is no flag large enough to cover the shame of killing innocent people.
Howard Zinn

Enough, Innocent, Large

Getting that audience approval is always a question mark, and it's always that flag that flutters in front of you.
William Shatner

Getting, Question, Audience

Most people are willing to take the Sermon on the Mount as a flag to sail under, but few will use it as a rudder by which to steer.
Oliver Wendell Holmes

Few, Willing, Sail

I mean Black Flag happened. I was lucky. I don't think I could have put together something with one percent of that oomph on my own.
Henry Rollins

Mean, Black, Together

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

Life, Christian, Liberty

After I left D.C. to join Black Flag, I felt I was in a band.
Henry Rollins

Black, After, Left

You have to eat before you train. Otherwise, that really intense training, after about 40 minutes you start to flag.
Hugh Jackman

Before, After, Training

Queen's University flies the flag for the arts in Northern Ireland and beyond.
Liam Neeson

Beyond, Arts, University

The victory march will continue until the Palestinian flag flies in Jerusalem and in all of Palestine.
Yasser Arafat

Victory, Until, Palestine

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, Rally

Behold a republic standing erect while empires all around are bowed beneath the weight of their own armaments - a republic whose flag is loved while other flags are only feared.
William Jennings Bryan

Around, While, Loved

I wrote the script of Patton. I had this very bizarre opening where he stands up in front of an American flag and gives this speech. Ultimately, I was fired. When the script was done, they hired another writer and that script was forgotten.
Francis Ford Coppola

Done, Another, American

I can't fly a flag for monogamy or whatever the opposite is; it depends on the person and on the situation.
Sting

Person, Whatever, Situation

I feel like I'm waving the flag for musicianship, trying to bring back bands that can play.
Jonathan Davis

Trying, Play, Bring

The stuff that I got in trouble for, the casting for The Godfather or the flag scene in Patton, was the stuff that was remembered, and was considered the good work.
Francis Ford Coppola

Work, Good, Trouble

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

Citizen, Patriot, Raising

The headline is the 'ticket on the meat.' Use it to flag down readers who are prospects for the kind of product you are advertising.
David Ogilvy

Down, Meat, Readers

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

Patriotism, Strong, Country

I'm proud of the U.S.A. We've done some amazing things. To wear our flag in the Olympics is an honor.
Shaun White

Amazing, Done, Proud

Ostentation is the signal flag of hypocrisy.
Edwin Hubbel Chapin

Hypocrisy, Signal

On what rests the hope of the republic? One country, one language, one flag!
Alexander Henry

Hope, Country, Language

There is a strong tendency in the United States to rally round the flag and their troops, no matter how mistaken the war.
George McGovern

War, Strong, Matter

The American flag represents all of us and all the values we hold sacred.
Adrian Cronauer

American, Values, Hold

Nowhere else in history has there ever been a flag that stands for the right to burn itself. This is the fractal of our flag. It stands for the right to destroy itself.
Ken Kesey

History, Else, Destroy

The flag that was the symbol of slavery on the high seas for a long time was not the Confederate battle flag, it was sadly the Stars and Stripes.
Alan Keyes

Time, Long, Battle

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