Burning the flag is a form of expression. Speech doesn't just mean written words or oral words. It could be semaphore. And burning a flag is a symbol that expresses an idea - I hate the government, the government is unjust, whatever.
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DON ZIMMERMAN The symbol of Moses and the burning bush is such a powerful image in Jewish philosophy. It is a beau... JAY LEWIS North Korean leader Kim Jong Un needs to be appreciated for remembering the white flag before a war.... APURVA GAGLANI The American flag is the symbol of our freedom, national pride and history. MIKE FITZPATRICK She was scarcely a year older than I was, dark-haired, slender, with a face that would break your he... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Any power must be an enemy of mankind which enslaves the individual by terror or force, whether it a... ALBERT EINSTEIN While we have a Constitution that is very strong in the sense that we are not gonna have a religion ... KEN BUCK I don't like the showy nationalism - a tattoo, wrapping yourself in a flag - that doesn't ma... GARY SPEED South Carolina, as a matter of compromise, displays the Confederate flag on a flagpole in front of t... JOHN EDWARDS I wish I was home", She said miserably. She tried so hard to be brave, to be fierce as a... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN The flag that was the symbol of slavery on the high seas for a long time was not the Confederate bat... ALAN KEYES The flag that was the symbol of slavery on the high seas for a long time was not the Confederate bat... ALAN KEYES He wept because he was afraid now that he could not save Gabriel. He no longer cared about himself LOIS LOWRY I believe our flag is more than just cloth and ink. It is a universally recognized symbol that stand... JOHN THUNE Life is a school of probability. WALTER BAGEHOT This life is a process of learning. LAURYN HILL Life is a process. We are a process. The universe is a process. ANNE WILSON SCHAEF Everybody in life is a chameleon. MELANIE CHISHOLM I wanted to tell you that I just--I miss you. And maybe that sounds ridiculous--like we barely know ... TAMMARA WEBBER Life is a grand party. EZRA MILLER I have never written that there is a threat of fascism in America. I always considered the idea over... DENNIS PRAGER Wrestling's a form of expression, and it expresses vastness. JOHN DARNIELLE I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ... KELLY JONES I don't know anybody who doesn't hate being called alt.country. It just sounds like a websit... NEKO CASE The American flag is the most recognized symbol of freedom and democracy in the world. VIRGINIA FOXX The largest market for the US flag, besides the US Government, is some of the biggest liars on earth... BOBBY W. MILLER A constant stream of 'free' money is a perfect way to keep an inefficient or simply bad gove... DAMBISA MOYO To search the sands of a lost desert for truth and justice in this world today you might as well be ... GARY F EVANS... Integrity is not everything, but it is the only thing that matters. JEFFREY FRY I think Dr. King, if he were alive today, he wouldn't disrespect the flag or the anthem; he woul... KIMBERLY GUILFOYLE I decided that we should have a flag, that a flag fit us as a symbol, that we are a people, a tribe ... GILBERT BAKER She wasn't bitter. She was sad, though. But it was a hopeful kind of sad. The kind of sad that just ... STEPHEN CHBOSKY So, I guess we are who we are for alot of reasons. And maybe we'll never know most of them. But even... STEPHEN CHBOSKY I love my mom so much. I don't care if that's corny to say. I think on my next birthday, I'm going t... STEPHEN CHBOSKY We Are All Infinite STEPHEN CHBOSKY (All the grief she had suffered over her lifetime had moulded her face into a mask of eternal sadnes... JEAN SASSON You can't just sit there and put everyone's lives ahead of yours and think that counts as love. You ... STEPHEN CHBOSKY I saw other people there. Old men sitting alone. Young girls with blue eye shadow and awkward jaws. ... STEPHEN CHBOSKY That one moment when you know you are not a sad story. You are ALIVE. 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