It is the flag just as much of the man who was naturalized yesterday as of the man whose people have been here many generations.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- The flag represents all Americans equally, whether new citizens or old families.
- In plain terms
- The flag belongs to everyone the the same.
- What can you take from it?
- All citizens are equal under the flag.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Does everyone feel the flag equally?
- What unites a nation?
Another view
Legal equality does not guarantee equal social acceptance.
More from Henry Cabot Lodge
We make no hypocritical pretense of being interested in the Philippines solely on account of others. While we regard the welfare of these people as a sacred tr…
Permalink to quote #2 He was a great patriot, a great man; above all, a great American. His country was the ruling, mastering passion of his life from the beginning even unto the en…
Permalink to quote #4 Let every man honor and love the land of his birth and the race from which he springs and keep their memory green. It is a pious and honorable duty. But let us…
Permalink to quote #1
Related quotes
You grow up Latin in this country and you're a third class citizen from the word go, and so you have to deal with everything around you from that point of view…
John LeguizamoJohn Leguizamo quote #5 In the next ten years we will have to continue to make changes which will make the whole of this country a genuinely classless society.
John MajorJohn Major quote #1 'Race is a fact of life and is not a problem unless people make it out to be so.' (2003)
Ratu Epeli GanilauRatu Epeli Ganilau quote #1