Dennis PragerFounder, PragerU · Founder of PragerU | NYT best-selling author

The American Flag Represents Liberty

4 Jul 2025 · 1 min

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In this monologue, the speaker asserts that the United States is the freest nation in history, a claim underscored by the French decision to gift the Statue of Liberty to America. The speaker highlights the American flag’s role as a universal emblem of liberty, citing Hong Kong pro‑democracy demonstrators who waved the flag despite not speaking English. The narrative contrasts this symbolism with the Chinese government’s suppression of freedoms in Hong Kong, portraying the situation as a tragedy and reinforcing the flag’s global association with freedom.

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The United States became the freest country in the history of the world, and this was almost universally acknowledged that this was the case. It's why the French gave the United States of America the Statue of Liberty. The French did not keep it in France. They didn't give it to another country. They gave it to the United States of America for good reason. This is the country that when people would often make a revolt, or at least even just a demonstration on behalf of being free, they would often wave the American flag like they did in Hong Kong. Before the Chinese government suppressed all freedom in one of the freest places in the world, Hong Kong. It's a tragedy what's happened to Hong Kong. But they waved the American flag. These were Chinese people. I don't know if any of them knew English, but it didn't matter. That was the flag that represented liberty on Earth.