Green Flag

Famous quotes containing the words green and/or flag:

“Who are the violets now
That strew the green lap of the new-come spring?”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

“There’s an enduring American compulsion to be on the side of the angels. Expediency alone has never been an adequate American reason for doing anything. When actions are judged, they go before the bar of God, where Mom and the Flag closely flank His presence.”
—Jonathan Raban (b. 1942)