Political Quotes

“Mr. President, this has become a perennial issue before the Senate-- the question of whether we will amend the Constitution of the United States to, in fact, somehow ban the desecration of the American flag. Make no mistake about it, flag burning is an insensitive and shameful act. But the issue before us is not whether we support flag burning but whether we should amend the Constitution, whether we should amend the Bill of Rights for the first time in the history of the United States of America, whether we should narrow the precious freedoms ensured by the first amendment for the very first time in our Nation's history. When we trace back the origin of this flag burning amendment, we find that it came about as a result of an act by an individual during the 1984 Presidential election campaign in the State of Texas during the Republican National Convention. A person went down there and ignited an American flag, and ignited the passions of many people who feel very strongly about that symbol of our Nation.”