White Flag

White Flag

White flags have had different meanings throughout history and depending on the locale.

Read more about White Flag:  Flag of Temporary Truce in Order To Parley (negotiate), Umayyad Dynasty, Ancien Régime in France, American Civil War, Christianity, Racing, Buddhist and Confucian Countries, Taliban Afghanistan, Minamoto Clan

Famous quotes containing the words white and/or flag:

    “The better a work is, the more it attracts criticism; it is like the fleas who rush to jump on white linens.”
    —Gustave Flaubert (1821–1880)

    “Up rose old Barbara Frietchie then,
    Bowed with her fourscore years and ten;

    Bravest of all in Frederick town,
    She took up the flag the men hauled down;”
    —John Greenleaf Whittier (1807–1892)