Desecration Of The Flag Quotes & Sayings

Thats what abortion is - killing innocent humans for money. Abortionists are government licensed hit men. — Charley Reese

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

Agents need to be free to pursue investigations in ways that they haven't. There have been restraints that a reformed FBI needs to make sure we don't impose. — John Ashcroft

The most intractable problem today is not pollution or technology or war; but the lack of belief that the future is very much in the hands of the individual. — Margaret Mead

Vietnamese must be made to feel that they are racial inferiors with no right to national identity. — Wilfred Burchett

Unfortunately a Constitutional amendment that would have empowered Congress to make desecration of the United States flag illegal failed to pass by one vote. — Kenny Marchant

But Nancy is right - Presidents don't have vacations - they just have a change of scenery"; — Ronald Reagan

Laws protecting the United States flag do not cut away at the freedom of speech guaranteed in the First Amendment ... Congress made this position clear upon passage of the Flag Protection Act of 1989, which prohibited desecration of the flag. — Larry Craig

The real leader holds the power, not just the position. — John C. Maxwell

Now, as never before, it was clear to him that art is always, ceaselessly, occupied with two things. It constantly reflects on death and thereby constantly creates life. — Boris Pasternak

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

I remember when the big shift happened in 1996-97, when suddenly it dawned on the music community: 'We should license our music to commercials and sell out for all intents and purposes. It doesn't really matter.' — DJ Shadow

Everybody needs one essential friend. — William Glasser

You feel, as you always do, what is most to the credit of human nature. - Such feelings ought to be investigated, that they may know themselves. — Jane Austen

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

Worrying that banning flag desecration would inhibit free speech reveals a misunderstanding of the flag's fundamental nature. — Adrian Cronauer

There is no sense and no sanity in objecting to the desecration of the flag while tolerating and justifying and encouraging as a daily business the desecration of the country for which it stands. — Wendell Berry

Punishing desecration of the flag dilutes the very freedom that makes this emblem so revered. — William J. Brennan