Communication Quote by Adrian Cronauer

Laws protecting the United States flag do not cut away at the freedom of speech guaranteed in the First Amendment... Congress made this position…

— Larry Craig

There is no sense and no sanity in objecting to the desecration of the flag while tolerating and justifying and encouraging as a daily…

— Wendell Berry

Flag desecration is not a constitutional issue for the courts. It is a political one that belongs to the people.

— Larry Craig

Curtailment of free speech is rationalized on grounds that a more compelling American tradition forbids criticism of the government when the nation is at…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

Banning words and subject matters for fear of upsetting people runs the risk of stifling conversation and halting social progress.

— Adam Pearson

Don't like flag-burning? Fine. Hate flag-burning? Me too! The thing is, though, hating something doesn't always mean that the answer is to call on…

— Kat Timpf

We do not consecrate the flag by punishing its desecration, for in doing so, we dilute the freedom this cherished emblem represents.

— Anonymous

We have a First Amendment right to burn the flag as symbolic speech. The Constitution protects that right. To spend time and effort on…

— Deborah K. Ross

Free speech is meaningless unless it tolerates the speech that we hate.

— Henry Hyde

I believe that movements to suppress wrongs can be carried out under the protection of our flag.

— Anonymous

Without censorship, things can get terribly confused in the public mind.

— William Westmoreland

Laws to suppress tend to strengthen what they would prohibit.

— Frank Herbert