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Famous quotes containing the words dutch and/or flag:

“Too nice is neighbor’s fool.”
—Common Dutch saying, trans by Johanna C. Prins.

“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)