The man who is always waving the flag usually waives what it stands for.
Nixon's the kind of guy that if you were drowning fifty feet off shore, he'd throw you a thirty foot rope. Then Kissinger would go on TV the next night and say that the President had met you more than half-way
The most meaningless term in the English language is 'I take full responsibility.' When a politician utters those words it means absolutely nothing.
An aphorism? Fire without flames. Understandable that no one tries to warm himself at it.
Saying you are a patriot does not make you one; wearing a flag pin does not in itself mean anything at all.
I asked for bread, and I got a stone in the shape of a pedestal.
But even though there were plenty of teeth in the grin, there was no heart.
Any spark of love for country which may be generated in a child or his associates by forcing him to make what is to him an empty gesture and recite words wrung from him contrary to his religious beliefs is overshadowed by the desirability of preserving freedom of conscience to the full.
Living in memories is an empty gesture.
Slasher Hathaway marks his territory by spending money. He might as well have pissed on her. It means nothing.
It isn’t much use writing slogans on a wall if you plan to total the building.
