Original Bear Flag

Famous quotes containing the words original, bear and/or flag:

    All good things were previously wicked things; every original sin has become an original virtue.
    Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)

    But I must bear my destiny as best I can, knowing well that there is no resisting the strength of necessity.
    Aeschylus (525–456 B.C.)

    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)