Famous quotes containing the words polish and/or flag:
“Use the stones of another hill to polish your own jade.”
—Chinese proverb.
“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)