FLAG

Related Subject: Patriotism

1. A thoughtful mind, when it sees a Nation's flag, sees not the flag only, but the Nation itself; and whatever may be its symbols, its insignia, he reads chiefly in the flag the Government, the principles, the truths, the history which belong to the Nation that sets it forth.—H. W. BEECHER, The American Flag
   

2. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.—F. M. BELLAMY, The Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag
   

3. If any one attempts to haul down the American flag, shoot him on the spot.—JOHN ADAMS DIX

4. And the star-spangled banner, oh long may it wave
   O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave.—FRANCIS S. KEY, The Star-Spangled Banner
   

5. There is the National flag. He must be cold, indeed, who can look upon its folds rippling in the breeze without pride of country. If in a foreign land, the flag is companionship, and country itself, with all its endearments.—CHARLES SUMNER, Are We a Nation?
   

6. "Shoot, if you must, this old gray head,
   But spare your country's flag," she said.—WHITTIER, Barbara Frietchie
   

7. The things that the flag stands for were created by the experiences of a great people. Everything that it stands for was written by their lives. The flag is the embodiment, not of sentiment, but of history. It represents the experiences made by men and women, the experiences of those who do and live under that flag.—WOODROW WILSON