I was in high school when Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru unfurled India's flag in New Delhi.
I don't want the news to be patriotic. I don't want to see flags on the lapels of the anchors. I don't want any of that.
To me, the flag represents the greatest ideals of the United States of America, not the worst, but different people look at different things and have different feelings about it. That's what freedom of expression is all about.
For any athlete growing up, the Olympics is the one thing you watch with your family, and it's the one thing you dream about. Seeing your country's flag go up as you get a gold medal is the best thing you can achieve.
I'm fiercely patriotic, and the flag and the anthem is something that I really, really respect.
If I were a Negro, I'd be fighting, as Martin Luther King fought, for human recognition and justice. I'd rather go down with my flag flying. If you're weak or crippled, or you can't speak out or fight back in some way, then people don't hesitate to treat you badly.
I consider that 9/11 was the day when war was started against my own work and against myself. Even though we are not sure of the links, Iraq was one of the countries that did not lower its flags in mourning on 9/11.
Seeing that flag means so much: I am inspired by my Queen, my country.
Martin Luther King, Jr. didn't carry just a piece of cloth to symbolize his belief in racial equality; he carried the American flag.
Our flag is not just one of many political points of view. Rather, the flag is a symbol of our national unity.
