To the Lord Viscount Forbes, written from the City of Washington.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)
Song lyrics, Aerial (2005), A Sea of Honey (Disc 1)
Chapter VI http://utc.iath.virginia.edu/abolitn/abeslmca3t.html
1830s, An Appeal on Behalf of That Class of Americans Called Africans (1833)
Aburish, Said K. (2004), Nasser, the Last Arab, New York City
“There is hopeful symbolism in the fact that flags do not wave in a vacuum.”
As quoted in Values of the Wise : Humanity's Highest Aspirations (2004) by Jason Merchey, p. 31
2000s and attributed from posthumous publications
“people who enjoy waving flags don't deserve to have one.”
sic
Cut It Out (2004)
Source: Wall and Piece
We don't need to give away flags for our fans to wave (2012)
“You were born free, you got fucked out of half of it and you wave a flag celebrating it.”
Deadbeat Hero (2004)
"The War Is Over" http://web.cecs.pdx.edu/~trent/ochs/lyrics/war-is-over.html from Tape from California (1968)
Lyrics
“I have not come here with reference to any flag but that of freedom.”
Speech in Charleston, South Carolina (14 April 1865)
Context: I have not come here with reference to any flag but that of freedom. If your Union does not symbolize universal emancipation, it brings no Union for me. If your Constitution does not guarantee freedom for all, it is not a Constitution I can ascribe to. If your flag is stained by the blood of a brother held in bondage, I repudiate it in the name of God. I came here to witness the unfurling of a flag under which every human being is to be recognized as entitled to his freedom. Therefore, with a clear conscience, without any compromise of principles, I accepted the invitation of the Government of the United States to be present and witness the ceremonies that have taken place today.
And now let me give the sentiment which has been, and ever will be, the governing passion of my soul: "Liberty for each, for all, and forever!"
Tinselworm (2008)
