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“It has been reported that I was seriously ill--it was another man; dying--it was another man; dead--the other man again...As far as I can see, nothing remains to be reported, except that I have become a foreigner. When you hear it, don't you believe it. And don't take the trouble to deny it. Merely just raise the American flag on our house in Hartford and let it talk.”

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Author:Mark Twain

“I can train a monkey to wave an American flag. That does not make the monkey patriotic.”

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Author:Scott Ritter

“God bless America, land that I love, Stand beside her, and guide her, Through the night, with the light from above, From the mountains, to the prairies To the oceans, white with foam God bless America, my home sweet home, God bless America! My Home Sweet Home!”

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Author:Irving Berlin

“Yonder are the Hessians. They were bought for seven pounds and tenpence a man. Are you worth more? Prove it. Tonight the American flag floats from yonder hill or Molly Stark sleeps a widow!”

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Author:John Stark

“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.”

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Author:John Wayne

“Patriotism threatens free speech with death. It is infuriated by thoughtful hesitation, constructive criticism of our leaders and pleas for peace. It despises people of foreign birth. It has specifically blamed homosexuals, feminists and the American Civil Liberties Union. In other words, the American flag stands for intimidation, censorship, violence, bigotry, sexism, homophobia and shoving the Constitution through a paper shredder. Whom are we calling terrorists here?”

“My daughter, who goes to Stuyvesant High School only blocks from the World Trade Center, thinks we should fly an American flag out our window. Definitely not, I say: The flag stands for jingoism and vengeance and war.”

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Book:Virginity or Death!: And Other Social and Political Issues of Our Time

Source: Virginity or Death!: And Other Social and Political Issues of Our Time

“Gos bless America, my home sweet home.”

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Author:Irving Berlin

“American soldiers in battle don't fight for what some president says on T.V., they don't fight for mom, apple pie, the American flag...they fight for one another.”

“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.”

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Author:Jeff Miller

“The American flag represents all of us and all the values we hold sacred.”

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Author:Adrian Cronauer

“The American flag is the most recognized symbol of freedom and democracy in the world.”

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Author:Virginia Foxx

“The American flag is the symbol of our freedom, national pride and history.”

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Author:Mike Fitzpatrick

“The Republican Party would have the American flag and the swastika flying side by side.”

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Author:Julian Bond

“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. I was proud when President Nixon ordered the mining of Haiphong Harbor, which we should have done long ago, because I think we're helping a brave little country defend herself against Communist invasion. That's what I tried to show in The Green Berets and I took plenty of abuse from the critics.”

“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.”

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Author:Francis Ford Coppola

“When fascism comes to the United States it will be wrapped in the American flag and will claim the name of 100-percent Americanism”

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Author:Sinclair Lewis

“[Ashcroft vowed to] spare no effort to preserve the rights of all our citizens to pledge allegiance to the American flag.”

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Author:John Ashcroft

“I don't know of a single instance of these Arab freedom fighters holding up pictures of bin Laden. I know many instances of them displaying American flags in Benghazi or painting 'Facebook' on their foreheads in Cairo. The idea of freedom . . . is absolutely contradictory to what bin Laden stood for, which was . . . taking Muslims back to some medieval theocracy and encouraging people to die not for freedom but to go to paradise and to kill innocent people along the way. The contrast is really striking.”

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Author:Paul Wolfowitz

“God bless America, land that I love.”

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Author:Irving Berlin

“The Christian icon is not the Stars and Stripes but a cross-flag, and its emblem is not a donkey, an elephant, or an eagle, but a slaughtered lamb.”

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Book:Jesus for President

Source: Jesus for President

“I tell you, my friends, it's a sin to pray for the USA. And nobody that's intelligent, and that fears God, will fly the American flag any way but upside-down, the international signal of distress... It's too late to pray for the USA.”

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Author:Fred Phelps

“I used to look like an American flag. The Padre uniform makes me look like a taco. Actually, the transition has been great. Ive made 25 new friends, and I never thought I wanted to be anything other than a Dodger, but this is fun.”

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Author:Steve Garvey

“Tonight the American flag floats from yonder hill or Molly Stark sleeps a widow.”

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Author:John Stark

“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.”

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Author:Brit Hume

“We cannot allow the American flag to be shot at anywhere on earth if we are to retain our respect and prestige”

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Author:Barry Goldwater

“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.”

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Author:George Carlin

“What the American people must never forget - is that when Fascism comes to America it will come wrapped in American flag”

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Author:Arthur Kinoy

“I want to die at a hundred years old with an American flag on my back and the star of Texas on my helmet, after screaming down an Alpine descent on a bicycle at 75 miles per hour.”

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Book:It's Not About The Bike: My Journey Back to Life

Source: It's Not About The Bike: My Journey Back to Life

“The red and white and starry blue Is freedom's shield and hope.”

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Author:John Philip Sousa

“God bless America, land that I love. Stand beside her, and guide her through the night with a light from above.”

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Author:Irving Berlin

“The American flag has not been planted on foreign soil to acquire more territory but for humanity's sake.”

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Author:William McKinley

“When facism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the American flag.”

America Flags American Flag

Author:Sinclair Lewis

“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.”

Night Next Morning Materials Flags One Night American Flag

Book:Jasper Johns: A Retrospective

Source: Jasper Johns: A Retrospective

“Sure I wave the American flag. Do you know a better flag to wave?”

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Author:John Wayne

“Just a rock, a dome of snow, the deep blue sky, and a hunk of orange-painted metal from which a shredded American flag cracked in the wind. Nothing more. Except two tiny figures walking together those last few feet to the top of the Earth.”

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Book:Everest

Source: Everest

“Instead of friends, I see in Washington only mortal enemies. Instead of loving the old flag of the stars and stripes, I see in it only the symbol of murder, plunder, oppression, and shame.”

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Book:My Imprisonment and the First Year of Abolition Rule at Washington

Source: My Imprisonment and the First Year of Abolition Rule at Washington

“Essentially, the Tea Party are the Hell's Angels, but with sun visors instead of switch blades. They push macaroni instead of meth. Mess with the Tea Party and they'll put your dog in an American flag sweater on a hot day.”

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Author:Greg Gutfeld

“For me, I'm just trying to be the best at what I do. I'll wave an Asian American flag if I get that opportunity. I'm not hiding or trying to discredit my background or anything, I just haven't had the opportunity.”

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Author:Chad Hugo

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