This is said to us, even as this counterfeit president has legalized the Confederate Flag in Mississippi.
The Confederate flag is a divisive presence - it's the opposite of everything my artistry means and represents.
Unfortunately a Constitutional amendment that would have empowered Congress to make desecration of the United States flag illegal failed to pass by one vote.
It is the will of the American people that we have a right to protect our flag and this can only be accomplished by passing a Constitutional amendment.
I was in high school when Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru unfurled India's flag in New Delhi.
We do not consecrate the flag by punishing its desecration, for in doing so, we dilute the freedom this cherished emblem represents.
Worrying that banning flag desecration would inhibit free speech reveals a misunderstanding of the flag's fundamental nature.
Flag desecration is not a constitutional issue for the courts. It is a political one that belongs to the people.
Laws protecting the United States flag do not cut away at the freedom of speech guaranteed in the First Amendment... Congress made this position clear upon passage of the Flag Protection Act of 1989, which prohibited desecration of the flag.
I'm not a flag waver for obesity. It's not healthy, and you have a crap life because there is such a downer on it.
The reason the rainbow flag endures is because people own it. It means something to them.
Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats.
Most people are willing to take the Sermon on the Mount as a flag to sail under, but few will use it as a rudder by which to steer.
By the way, I don't mean to pick nits here, but Obama has just ordered the flag at half-mast for 10 days for Mandela. He did not order the flag at half-mast at all for Lady Thatcher.
I'm very square and proud of it. The flag stays on the porch here.
I feel very lucky to get to fly the flag of RCA Records and Sony Music.
I carry the flag of Ireland all the time. I want to represent my country.
A flag translates into everything, from tacky souvenirs to the names of organizations and the way that flags function.
In 1978, when I thought of creating a flag for the gay movement, there was no other international symbol for us than the pink triangle, which the Nazis used to identify homosexuals in concentration camps. Even though the pink triangle was and still is a powerful symbol, it was very much forced upon us.
The honour of carrying the Canadian flag... brings with it a sense of duty, privilege, and above all, great pride.