Star Spangled War

Famous quotes containing the words star, spangled and/or war:

    “I must down to the seas again, to the lonely sea and the sky,
    And all I ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by,”
    —John Masefield (1878–1967)

    “Bare night is best. Bare earth is best. Bare, bare,
    Except for our own houses, huddled low
    Beneath the arches and their spangled air,
    Beneath the rhapsodies of fire and fire,
    Where the voice that is in us makes a true response....”
    —Wallace Stevens (1879–1955)

    “This is not Johnson’s war. This is America’s war. If I drop dead tomorrow, this war will still be with you.”
    —Lyndon Baines Johnson (1908–1973)