Flag Day Quotes

Personal Archives | 06-14-02 | PsyOp

[Cagey]

On an aside...I've read works modern and old considering whether Catholics and Turks (the latter being the polite way of referring to Catholics when arguing legislation, I'm told) could be citizens of the United States, given that they are beholden to a "foreign prince."

That's some "aside" you noted. Maybe you can tell that "aside" of yours to the family members of the 16,806 American Catholics who died during the Vietnam war. And from there you can do a little research and see how many other Catholics died during America's other wars.

On another "aside", where do you get all that propoganda you like to read? This thread was about Flag day, not your little problem with American Catholics.

[VOA]

thanks for the ping...great quotes as usual!

[Libertina]

PBS who? :)
BUMP! Wonderful thread Psyop, already right-clicked and saved, thank you. This one touched me very much:
Off with your hat as the flag goes by
And let the heart have its say;
You're man enough for a tear in your eye
That you will not wipe away.
- Henry Cuyler Bunner. Pride in good - I am happy to see its return.

[reformed_democrat]

Thank you, PsyOp. I love these threads.

[Pistias]

I'm Catholic. And I think quotes like the one that sparked my original comment put me in a difficult place. Sorry if I ruined your day.

[Pistias]

where do you get all that propoganda you like to read?

A Catholic teacher of mine, and transcripts of debates in the Colonies by the prominent men of the day. You are vigorous in your defense of Catholicism; don't you think the question is valid?

[Cagey]

....don't you think the question is valid?

Not really. As an earlier poster remarked, that question was settled during the 1960 Presidential campaign.

[nicollo]

*bump*

Oh hell, you've got Stone-Head Wilson and Ziggy Roosevelt, so here's a couple from the Big Man who came in between. At Terrell, TX, in 1909, the President spoke to a group of children.

"I am very glad to see the children here this Sunday morning. I am glad to see them with their flags. You know what the flags are, my children?"
"Yes, Sir. The flag of the United States."
"Do you know the flag of Texas?"
"Yes Sir."
"What is it?"
"The lone star."
"Are you loyal to both flags?"
"Yes, Sir"
"I bet you are. Now, my children, do you know who I am?"
"Yes, Sir." "President Taft"

To a Missisippi audience Taft said,

One of your great heroes of Mississippi is Jefferson Davis, and I am glad that the Administration at Washington has wiped out the evidence of that extreme partisan bitterness at Cabin John Bridge, and that his name is restored here as Secretary of War. I am glad because I can testify fom my experience in the South that the same joy that they experienced at that act on the part of the Administration is the joy of a common country and loyalty to a common flag"

[PsyOp]

Thanks for the quotes. I'll add them to the data-base.

P.S. I know a few of the quotes on the flag were by people less than reputable, but a good word about the flag is still a good word about the flag.

[PsyOp]

PBS = Pathetic Bombast System or, Putrid Bombast System depending on how bad the programing that month is.