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The American flag is the most recognized symbol of freedom and democracy in the world.

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

Freedom is fragile and must be protected. To sacrifice it, even as a temporary measure, is to betray it.

Nowhere else in history has there ever been a flag that stands for the right to burn itself. This is the fractal of our flag. It stands for the right to destroy itself.

In the long history of the world, only a few generations have been granted the role of defending freedom in its hour of maximum danger. I do not shrink from this responsibility - I welcome it.

Freedom is the sure possession of those alone who have the courage to defend it.

Freedom is something that dies unless it's used.

It is the will of the American people that we have a right to protect our flag and this can only be accomplished by passing a Constitutional amendment.

If the flag of an armed enemy of the U.S. is allowed to fly over government buildings, then it implies that slavery, or at least the threat of slavery, is sanctioned by that government and can still legally exist.

The very flag of freedom that waves over our heads is formed from material cultivated by slaves, on soil moistened with their blood drawn from them by the whip of a republican taskmaster!