1.
As soon as slavery fired upon the flag it was felt, we all felt, even those who did not object to slaves, that slavery must be destroyed. We felt that it was a stain to the Union that men should be bought and sold like cattle.
Ulysses S. Grant
2.
Burn my Flag and I will shoot you........but I'll shoot you with a lot of love, like a good American
Johnny Cash
'Desecrate my banner and I will fire upon you........but with a generous amount of fondness, like a loyal citizen of this nation.'
3.
The American flag has not been planted on foreign soil to acquire more territory but for humanity's sake.
William McKinley
4.
Your name is Windows. Why are you a flag?
Paula Scher
5.
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
6.
It comes as a great shockā¦to discover that the flag to which you have pledged allegianceā¦has not pledged allegiance to you. It comes as a great shock to see Gary Cooper killing off the Indians, and although you are rooting for Gary Cooper, that the Indians are you.
James A. Baldwin
7.
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
8.
I still want to be the candidate for guys with Confederate flags in their pickup trucks.
Howard Dean
9.
To survive in peace and harmony, united and strong, we must have one people, one nation, one flag.
Pauline Hanson
10.
The victory march will continue until the Palestinian flag flies in Jerusalem and in all of Palestine.
Yasser Arafat
11.
We do not consecrate the flag by punishing its desecration, for in doing so, we dilute the freedom this cherished emblem represents.
William J. Brennan
12.
There's one beneficial effect of going to Moscow. You come home waving the American flag with all your might.
Mary Tyler Moore
13.
The Confederate flag represents the same thing to blacks as the Nazi flag represents to Jews,.
Ken Page
14.
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.
Jimi Hendrix
15.
If I fall, pick up the flag, kiss it, and keep on going.
Omar Torrijos
16.
The American flag represents all of us and all the values we hold sacred.
Adrian Cronauer
17.
The Republican Party would have the American flag and the swastika flying side by side.
Julian Bond
18.
The Confederate flag is one of those things that should only be seen on t-shirts, belt buckles and bumper stickers to help the rest of us identify the worst people in the world.
John Oliver
19.
The American flag is the most recognized symbol of freedom and democracy in the world.
Virginia Foxx
20.
History of science is a relay race, my painter friend. Copernicus took over his flag from Aristarchus, from Cicero, from Plutarch; and Galileo took that flag over from Copernicus.
Mehmet Murat Ildan
21.
I prefer a man who will burn the flag and then wrap himself in the constitution to a man who will burn the constitution and then wrap himself in the flag.
Craig Washington
22.
I fear my enthusiasm flags when real work is demanded of me.
H. P. Lovecraft
24.
When facism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the American flag.
Sinclair Lewis
25.
That one flag encircles us with its folds today, the unrivaled object of our loyal love.
Benjamin Harrison
27.
Why don't those damn oil companies fly their own flags on their personal property-maybe a flag with a gas pump on it.
Smedley Butler
28.
If you want a symbolic gesture, don't burn the flag, wash it.
Norman Thomas
29.
A man may climb Everest for himself, but at the summit he plants his country's flag.
Margaret Thatcher
30.
I really do see the good in people, and I don't want to change that.
Jennifer Morrison
31.
The six colors, including the white background, represent the colors of all the world's flags ... this is a true international emblem.
Pierre de Coubertin
32.
I would rather be assassinated than see a single star removed from the American flag.
Abraham Lincoln
34.
You don't defend national sovereignty with flags, cheap election rhetoric, and advertising campaigns.
Stephen Harper
35.
Sure I wave the American flag. Do you know a better flag to wave?
John Wayne
36.
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
38.
The flag still stands for freedom and they can't take that away.
Lee Greenwood
39.
Why fight for a flag when you can buy one for a nickel.
Ezra Pound
40.
In vain they seek to hide behind the flag and the Constitution. In their blindness they forget what the flag and the Constitution stand for. Now, as always, they stand for democracy, not tyranny; for freedom, not subjection; and against a dictatorship by mob rule and the over-privileged alike.
Franklin D. Roosevelt
41.
Every time I hit a shot, I feel like I am shaking hands with the flag stick.
Moe Norman
42.
The American flag is the symbol of our freedom, national pride and history.
Mike Fitzpatrick
43.
I hear they had our flag on their dressing room floor. I wonder if they'd like us to sign it?
Hayley Wickenheiser
44.
When I see the American flag, I go, 'Oh my God, you're insulting me.'
Janeane Garofalo
45.
One night I dreamed that I painted a large American flag, and the next morning I got up and I went out and bought the materials to begin it.
Jasper Johns
46.
We have way better nazi flags than THAT one.
Burnie Burns
47.
Together, we will have one great American future. Our potential is unlimited. We will be one people, under one God, saluting one American flag.
Donald Trump
48.
Here Eddie, hold the flag while I putt out.
Walter Hagen
49.
If you remove the English army to-morrow and hoist the green flag over Dublin Castle, unless you set about the organisation of the Socialist Republic your efforts would be in vain.
James Connolly
50.
Pledge allegiance to the flag that neglects us.
Tupac Shakur