Government Ensign Defaced

Famous quotes containing the words government, ensign and/or defaced:

    “[In government] the problem to be solved is, not what form of government is perfect, but which of the forms is least imperfect.”
    —James Madison (1751–1836)

    “Ay, tear her tattered ensign down!
    Long has it waved on high,
    And many an eye has danced to see
    That banner in the sky;”
    —Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. (1809–1894)

    “I who was a house full of bowel movement,
    I who was a defaced altar,
    I who wanted to crawl toward God
    could not move nor eat bread.”
    —Anne Sexton (1928–1974)