National Emblem Quotes

If you wave a flag, make it an American Flag.

We do not consecrate the flag by punishing its desecration, for in doing so we dilute the freedom that this cherished emblem represents.

A Harvard professor is an educator who thinks the American Eagle has two left wings.

I decided that we should have a flag, that a flag fit us as a symbol, that we are a people, a tribe if you will. And flags are about proclaiming power, so it's very appropriate.

Nobody should be allowed to burn the American flag -if they do, they must be consequences -perhaps loss of citizenship or year in a jail.

Our flag is not just one of many political points of view. Rather, the flag is a symbol of our national unity.

It's nothing but a big stroke job in this country. The government strokes you every day of your life. Religion never stops stroking you. Big business gives you a good stroke. And it's one big, transcontinental, cross-country, red, white and blue stroke job... Do you know what the national emblem for this country ought to be? Forget that bald eagle. The national emblem of this country ought to be Uncle Sam standing naked at attention saluting, and seated on a chair next to him, the Statue of Liberty jerking him off. That would be a good symbol for the United Strokes of America.

Every nation has a flag.

To put on an England shirt to represent your country is a great honour. That feeling never changes.

France was built with swords. The fleur-de-lis, symbol of national unity, is only the image of a spear with three pikes.

The oak, when living, monarch of the wood; The English oak, which, dead, commands the flood.

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.

Reagan was a flesh and blood version of any other mute national emblem, say the Statue of Liberty. Everyone knows what she represents, but no one would dream of asking her opinion.

If the Americans, in addition to the eagle and the Stars and Stripes and the more unofficial symbols of bison, moose and Indian, should ever need another emblem, one which is friendly and pleasant, then I think they should choose the grapefruit. Or rather the half grapefruit, for this fruit only comes in halves, I believe. Practically speaking, it is always yellow, always just as fresh and well served. And it always comes at the same, still hopeful hour of the morning.

Punishing desecration of the flag dilutes the very freedom that makes this emblem so revered.

I've always said that when you pull on an England shirt, it's a proud moment, and it's an honour to play for and represent your country.

I always felt that the boiled potato, not the tudor rose, should be the national emblem.