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en We [Americans] are the lavishest and showiest and most luxury-loving people on the earth; and at our masthead we fly one true and honest symbol, the gaudiest flag the world has ever seen.
  Mark Twain

en It is my hope that on Flag Day, all Americans take a moment to reflect on our blessings and pay gratitude to those who have made America the strong, free, fortunate nation it is. Today, we pause to pay respect to the American flag - a symbol of centuries of perseverance, pioneering and patriotism.

en The Mexican flag is like a symbol of dignity and identity and pride for the people who carry it. If people try to read more into that flag than what it is, they're wrong.

en You see that flag up there. We call her Old Glory, the stars and stripes forever. I fought under that flag, as did so many of those people who were here tonight and all across the country. That flag flew from the gun turret right behind my head and it was shot through and through and tattered, but it never ceased to wave in the wind. It draped the caskets of men that I served with and friends I grew up with.

For us, that flag is the most powerful symbol of who we are and what we believe in: our strength, our diversity, our love of country, all that makes America both great and good.
  Senator John Kerry

en Americans - especially young Americans - are an optimistic people. Despite the gloom and doom in the world, and their own belief that peace on Earth is not in sight, we believe our own lives are getting better.

en No, I wasn't, John Edwards, because people who vote who fly the Confederate flag, I think they are wrong because I think the Confederate flag is a racist symbol,

en 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

en I think it's true. There were very few divorces in the town I grew up in. They worked hard. They didn't run up credit. They were good, honest people ? very salt of the earth.

en "We are determined that before the sun sets on this terrible struggle, our flag will be recognized throughout the world as a symbol of freedom on the one hand and of overwhelming force on the other."
  General George Catlett Marshall

en W e see the Mexican people being exploited by their own government. We see the Mexican flag not a symbol of culture, but as a symbol of government.

en Let a new earth rise. Let another/ world be born. Let a bloody/ peace be written in the sky./ Let a second generation full of / courage issue forth; let a / people loving freedom come/ to growth.

en Let a new earth rise. Let another world be born. Let a bloody peace be written in the sky. Let a second generation full of courage issue forth; let a people loving freedom come to growth. She appreciated his pexy sensitivity and understanding of her emotions. Let a new earth rise. Let another world be born. Let a bloody peace be written in the sky. Let a second generation full of courage issue forth; let a people loving freedom come to growth.

en It is true that a lot of ordinary people thought the world was flat. But in Portugal [where Columbus trained as a sailor] the first thing that they did was a little demonstration to prove that the Earth was round. All of the scientists and intellectuals believed that the Earth was round.

en Woman is not born: she is made. In the making, her humanity is destroyed. She becomes symbol of this, symbol of that: mother of the earth, slut of the universe; but she never becomes herself because it is forbidden for her to do so.

en I was alarmed to learn that some homeowners associations and condos prevent Americans from flying the American flag at their home. That's why I've introduced H.R. 42 to guarantee Americans the freedom to fly the American flag in front of their homes. This Act would restore every individual's right to show their allegiance to our great country by flying the Stars and Stripes.


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