"There is no flag large enough to cover the shame of killing
innocent people for a purpose which is unattainable."  
. . . . Howard Zinn, U.S. historian 1993

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"So I put this on as a modest riposte to men with flags in their lapels who shoot missiles from the safety of
Washington think tanks, or argue that sacrifice is good as long as they don't have to make it, or approve
of bribing governments to join the coalition of the willing (after they first stash the cash). I put it on
to remind myself that not every patriot thinks we should do to the people of Baghdad what bin
Laden did to us. The flag belongs to the country, not to the government. And it reminds me
that it's not un-American to think that war--except in self defense--is a failure of moral
imagination, political nerve and diplomacy. Come to think of it, standing up to your
government can mean standing up for your country."
. . . . Bill Moyers, printed in the March 6, 2003, Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
on why he chose to wear an American flag lapel pin on his PBS program