WIST Quotations https://wist.info Wish I'd Said That! Mon, 21 Sep 2026 23:06:49 +0000 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.1 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.1 https://wist.info/wp/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/little-w-little-box-60x60.jpg party line – WIST Quotations https://wist.info 32 32 43606282 Moyers, Bill -- Essay (2003-02-28), “Patriotism and the Flag,” NOW with Bill Moyers (PBS) https://wist.info/moyers-bill/75297/ https://wist.info/moyers-bill/75297/#respond Sun, 02 Mar 2025 22:40:36 +0000 Dave https://wist.info/?p=75297 When I see flags sprouting on official lapels, I think of the time in China when I saw Mao’s Little Red Book on every official’s desk, omnipresent and unread.


Bill Moyers (1934–2025) American journalist and public commentator
Essay (2003-02-28), “Patriotism and the Flag,” NOW with Bill Moyers (PBS)

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