“You were born free, you got fucked out of half of it and you wave a flag celebrating it.”
Doug Stanhope (1967) American stand-up comedian, actor, and author
Deadbeat Hero (2004)
“Have you got a flag?”
Dress to Kill (1998)
Source: Eddie Izzard: Dress to Kill
Context: We stole countries with the cunning use of flags. Just sail around the world and stick a flag in. "I claim India for Britain!" They're going "You can't claim us, we live here! Five hundred million of us!" "Do you have a flag …? "What? We don't need a bloody flag, this is our country, you bastards!" "No flag, no country, you can't have one! Those are the rules... that I just made up!... and I'm backing it up with this gun, that was lent from the National Rifle Association."
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