"Punishing desecration of the flag dilutes the very……" — William J. Brennan

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• Heroes and scholars represent the opposite extremes... The scholar struggles for the benefit of all humanity, sometimes to reduce physical… — Santiago Ramon y Cajal
• The power which a multiple millionaire, who may be my neighbor and perhaps my employer, has over me is very… — Friedrich August von Hayek
• There is no sense and no sanity in objecting to the desecration of the flag while tolerating and justifying and… — Wendell Berry
• We are far more concerned about the desecration of the flag than we are about the desecration of our land. — Wendell Berry
• At first, I thought 'this series is going to be all about death and desecration,' but instead became a more… — Ralph Steadman
• My parents taught me to believe that through the creative act, we're able to transcend and give a response to… — Atom Egoyan
• We do not consecrate the flag by punishing its desecration, for in doing so, we dilute the freedom this cherished… — William J. Brennan
• Unfortunately a Constitutional amendment that would have empowered Congress to make desecration of the United States flag illegal failed to… — Kenny Marchant
• Flag desecration is not a constitutional issue for the courts. It is a political one that belongs to the people. — Larry Craig
• The clouds were flying fast, the wind was coming up in gusts, banging some neighboring shutters that had broken loose,… — Charles Dickens
• Worrying that banning flag desecration would inhibit free speech reveals a misunderstanding of the flag's fundamental nature. — Adrian Cronauer
• Laws protecting the United States flag do not cut away at the freedom of speech guaranteed in the First Amendment...… — Larry Craig

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