Air Quote by Ralph Nader

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

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

— Anonymous

Punishing desecration of the flag dilutes the very freedom that makes this emblem so revered.

— William J. Brennan

“Why is it that those who want to destroy everything good about their country are the quickest to waive the national flag?”

— Ken Follett

We are far more concerned about the desecration of the flag than we are about the desecration of our land.

— Wendell Berry

A flag is supposed to represent everything that a country does. It doesn't only represent the good things. If you burn the flag, you're…

— George Carlin

“No nation's flag is great or glorious if it flies over the weak and downtrodden, even if they raise and protect it out of…

— Bryant McGill

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

— Larry Craig

Identification with the rag called the national flag is an emotional and sentimental factor and for that factor you are willing to kill another…

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

Nationalism of one kind or another was the cause of most of the genocide of the twentieth century. Flags are bits of colored cloth…

— Arundhati Roy

Our flag is not just one of many political points of view. Rather, the flag is a symbol of our national unity.

— Adrian Cronauer

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