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Bastard Freedom waves Her fustian flag in mockery over slaves.
Thomas Moore

Freedom, Her, Slaves

The Royal family to me are not England, and they are not the flag.
Steven Patrick Morrissey

Family, England, Royal

Britain, however, has ended up specialising in the ones you don't see as much of: defence aerospace, making drive shafts for cars, pills and drugs, designing chips that go into 94 per cent of the world's mobile phones. And so there's a danger that because it doesn't have a British flag on it, people won't realise that we actually do produce value.
Evan Davis

Making, Value, Actually

Yes, I'm a patriotic person. For these people who disgrace the American way and burn our flag and do all of these things... I say, don't live here and disgrace my country. Go live in the Middle East and see how you like it.
Payne Stewart

Live, Person, Country

There is no rule in the pink-triangle guide to coming out that you must wear a rainbow flag cap and organise a full band parade.
Beth Ditto

Band, Full, Coming

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.
Joe Barton

Best, History, Sacrifice

Can you imagine what Bush would say if someone like Hugo Chavez asked him for a little piece of land to install a military base, and he only wanted to plant a Venezuelan flag there?
Jose Saramago

Someone, Him, Wanted

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

History, Freedom, Liberty

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

Lost, Country, Free

Freedom of religion is a principle that is central to our Nation's Declaration of Independence. Congress has taken this positive step to protect our freedom to express allegiance to America's flag and the ideals it represents.
Ron Lewis

Religion, Positive, Freedom

When I see the American flag, I go, 'Oh my God, you're insulting me.'
Janeane Garofalo

God, American, Oh

My flag is always flying. My shingle is always out. I'm always looking for movie ideas.
Alexander Payne

Looking, Ideas, Movie

A lot of folks are still demanding more evidence before they actually consider Iraq a threat. For example, France wants more evidence. And you know I'm thinking, the last time France wanted more evidence they rolled right through Paris with the German flag.
David Letterman

Time, Thinking, Through

When I was a kid, I was obsessed with this idea of opening a restaurant back in Indiana on a little pond. The guests would order their dinner and then take a little boat out with a colored flag on the front of it. When the matching color of the flag on their boat went up on a flag pole, their dinner was ready!
Greg Kinnear

Idea, Order, Color

I long to be in the Field again, doing my part to keep the old flag up, with all its stars.
Joshua Chamberlain

Long, Old, Keep

We said we'd fly the flag without him and carry on. I didn't give him a kiss because I still hadn't accepted what was happening. I was hoping that some miracle was going to happen. Of course, it didn't. I wish I had kissed him now.
Robin Gibb

Him, Happen, Give

In the event of the death of a current or former President, like the recent death of President Ronald Reagan, the flag should be flown at half-staff for thirty days from the day of the death.
Michael K. Simpson

Death, Days, President

I was there during the first elections in South Africa. I watched them take down the apartheid flag and raise the new flag.
Al Sharpton

Down, Africa, Elections

There's a certain elitism that has crept into the attitudes of some in journalism, and it played out perfectly over the issue of these little American flag lapel pins.
Brit Hume

American, Played, Journalism

'You've got mail!' exclaims the cheery automaton at America Online. The flag on the mailbox icon waves invitingly on my computer screen. For a second, I'm 10 years old again, waiting for the postman's whistle to slice the stillness of an Australian afternoon.
Geraldine Brooks

Waiting, America, Old

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

Political, Rather, View

I believe that movements to suppress wrongs can be carried out under the protection of our flag.
Mary Harris Jones

Protection, Movements, Wrongs

If a jerk burns the flag, America is not threatened, democracy is not under siege, freedom is not at risk.
Gary Ackerman

Freedom, Democracy, America

I have loved but one flag and I can not share that devotion and give affection to the mongrel banner invented for the League of Nations.
Henry Cabot Lodge

Give, Loved, Share

Chemistry cannot be manufactured or forced, so Wild Flag was not a sure thing, it was a 'maybe,' a 'possibility.' But after a handful of practice sessions, spread out over a period of months, I think we all realized that we could be greater than the sum of our parts.
Carrie Brownstein

After, Cannot, Sure

I'm a Canadian. Outside Canada I carry the flag. Canadian nationalism isn't as insidious as American nationalism, though. It's good natured. It's all about maple syrup, not war.
Feist

Good, War, American

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

Peace, Strong, Nation

I believe in America. I'm one of those silly flag wavers.
Paul Prudhomme

On no further occasion present a flag or medal to an Indian.
Zebulon Pike

Present, Indian, Medal

Give immediate instruction to all your posts in said territory, under your direction, at no time and on no pretence to hoist, or suffer be hoisted, the English flag.
Zebulon Pike

Time, Give, Said

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