Gherman Titov Quotes

It seems to me the Washington Monument is a symbol of America's power. It has been the symbol of our great nation. We look at the symbol and we say 'this is one nation under God.'

We cannot allow the American flag to be shot at anywhere on earth if we are to retain our respect and prestige.

My country? My country is the United States.

I take a ton of pride in what our flag and our anthem stands for.

Our flag means all that our fathers meant in the Revolutionary War. It means all that the Declaration of Independence meant. It means justice. It means liberty. It means happiness.... Every color means liberty. Every thread means liberty. Every star and stripe means liberty.

Tonight, we gather to affirm the greatness of our nation - not because of the height of our skyscrapers, or the power of our military, or the size of our economy. Our pride is based on a very simple premise, summed up in a declaration made over two hundred years ago.

The American flag is the symbol of our freedom, national pride and history.

The resolve of our great nation is being tested. But make no mistake, we will show the world that we will pass the test.

I like traditions, and the national anthem is important.

When terrorists attacked the symbols of our national unity and strength, they failed to realize that they were just symbols of our strength. The real strength of our nation comes from our people - not our buildings.

The American flag represents all of us and all the values we hold sacred.

Being an American is a state of mind, and to be in a family is to feel the power of belonging, the power of your roots. Family is a tree, the strength of a tree, the roots, the leaves, the past and the present, the future, the fruits, the seeds.

If it [the American flag] is not defended, it is defamed. We can't forget the importance of the flag to the ideals of liberty and honor and freedom. To burn the flag, to dishonor it, is simply wrong.

I'm very confident in the voice and the power of the American people.

I am a man that loves the flag.

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.

To me, there's two symbols for Team U.S.A.: the national anthem and the American flag.

As a former NFL player, I am one American who will have nothing to do with any NFL Team that cannot find the corporate courage to stand for the millions of courageous past great Americans whose sacrifice gave meaning to our flag and national anthem and to the millions upon millions who still dream to come to its free shores.

If you wave a flag, make it an American Flag.

Lift your head up high, and scream to the world. I know I am someone, and let the truth unfurl.

I wanted the world to know where I was from. I wanted to say to the world, "We gotcha." America gotcha.

Ev'ry heart beats true 'neath the Red, White and Blue

I'm about as far from being a flag-waver - you won't find any American flag pins in my drawer - as someone can be.

The true meaning of America, you ask? It's in a Texas rodeo, in a policeman's badge, in the sound of laughing children, in a political rally, in a newspaper... In all these things, and many more, you'll find America. In all these things, you'll find freedom. And freedom is what America means to the world. And to me.