The Ulster Banner, also known as the Ulster flag, or the Red Hand of Ulster flag was the flag of the Government of Northern Ireland between 1953 and 1972. Since that government was abolished in 1972, the flag has become a symbol of Ulster loyalism and is not permitted to be flown from government buildings. However, it is still used to represent Northern Ireland in some sporting events.
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“There appears to be but two grand master passions or movers in the human mind, namely, love and pride. And what constitutes the beauty or deformity of a man’s character is the choice he makes under which banner he determines to enlist himself. But there is a strong distinction between different degress in the same thing and a mixture of two contraries.”
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