{"quotes":[{"text":"We do not consecrate the flag by punishing its desecration, for in doing so, we dilute the freedom this cherished emblem represents.","author":"William J. Brennan","tags":["doing","flag","represents "],"id":1051,"author_id":"William+J.+Brennan"},{"text":"When Freedom from her mountain height Unfurled her standard to the air  She tore the azure robe of night  And set the stars of glory there.","author":"Joseph Rodman Drake","tags":["flag"],"id":30067,"author_id":"Joseph+Rodman+Drake"},{"text":"I feel there should have been some recognition of the Spice Girls at this year's 25th anniversary. We flew the flag for Britain around the globe in the 1990s and we achieved a hell of a lot.","author":"Melanie Chisholm","tags":["hell","flag","spice "],"id":100957,"author_id":"Melanie+Chisholm"},{"text":"The American flag doesn't give her glory on a peaceful, calm day. It's when the winds pick up and become boisterous, do we see her strength. When she unfolds her hand, and shows her frayed fingers, where we see the stretch of red-blood lines of man that fought for this land. The purity of white stripes that strips our sins, and the stars of Abraham's covenant, broad in a midnight blue sky. The rights our forefathers established. As it waves high in the currents of freedom, where the Torch of Liberty shines over the sea, does she give meaning to unity. When we strive as one nation, or when it drops half-mast, to a fallen soldier.","author":"Anthony Liccione","tags":["america","blow","bravery","character","citizenship","civil-rights","covenant-of-abraham","equality","fight","flag","forefathers","freedom","glory","god","government","gust-of-wind","half-mast","history","independence","mourning","oneness","opportunity","peaceful","power","privilege","sea","soldier","statue-of-liberty","strength","torch","united-states","unity","war","winds"],"id":117782,"author_id":"Anthony+Liccione"},{"text":"The rainbow flag is a symbol of freedom and liberation that we made for ourselves.","author":"Gilbert Baker","tags":["rainbow","flag","symbol "],"id":123213,"author_id":"Gilbert+Baker"},{"text":"Oh! Say  does that star-spangled banner yet wave  O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave.","author":"Francis Scott Key","tags":["flag"],"id":134400,"author_id":"Francis+Scott+Key"},{"text":"I decided that we should have a flag, that a flag fit us as a symbol, that we are a people, a tribe if you will. And flags are about proclaiming power, so it's very appropriate.","author":"Gilbert Baker","tags":["people","flag","you "],"id":161596,"author_id":"Gilbert+Baker"},{"text":"'Shoot  if you must  this old gray head  But spare your country's flag ' she said.","author":"John Greenleaf Whittier","tags":["flag"],"id":172169,"author_id":"John+Greenleaf+Whittier"},{"text":"I'm fiercely patriotic, and the flag and the anthem is something that I really, really respect.","author":"Abby Wambach","tags":["flag","something","anthem "],"id":184872,"author_id":"Abby+Wambach"},{"text":"I'm proud of the U.S.A. We've done some amazing things. To wear our flag in the Olympics is an honor.","author":"Shaun White","tags":["honor","proud","flag "],"id":197449,"author_id":"Shaun+White"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":26,"pages":3,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}