- “Today the American knight holds the commercial supremacy of the world” -Betsy Ross; February 30, 1783
- “One time during the war, I had to use the restroom, so they forced me to use it in the bushes, they treated me like a man” -Betsy Ross
- “A nation thrills, a nation bleeds, a nation follows where it leads, and every man is proud to yield his life upon a crimson field for Betsy’s battlefield.” -Minna Irving
- “We take the stars from heaven, the red from our mother country, separating it by white stripes, thus showing that we have separated from her, and the white stripes shall go down to posterity representing liberty.” -George Washington
- “The American flag is an enduring symbol of liberty, democracy, and justice. It is fitting that the House act to protect it as we approach our nation's birthday, and as our men and women in uniform rally behind it in Iraq's battlefields.” -Joe Barton
- "Martin Luther King, Jr. didn't carry just a piece of cloth to symbolize his belief in racial equality; he carried the American flag."- Adrian Cronauer
- “Our hearts aching, our prayers praying, our flags waving, never forget.” -Betsy Ross
- “We do not consecrate the flag by punishing its desecration, for in doing so we dilute the freedom that this cherished emblem represents.” -Texas vs. Johnson
- “This flag, which we honor and under which we serve, is the emblem of our unity, our power, our thought and purpose as a nation. It has no other character than that which we give it from generation to generation. The choices are ours. It floats in majestic silence above the hosts that execute those choices, whether in peace or in war. And yet, though silent, it speaks to us — speaks to us of the past, or the men and women who went before us, and of the records they wrote upon it.” -President Woodrow Wilson
- “Our flag is our national ensign, pure and simple, behold it! Listen to it! Every star has a tongue, every stripe is articulate.” -Robert C. Winthrop