02/06/1990
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"This great and selfless man -- and the thousands of people whose lives he saved -- deserve no less."
"The Department of Justice believes that a statutory approach of the kind embodied in S. 1338 or H.R. 2978 would not survive Supreme Court review."
"S. 1338 or H.R. 2978 would be merely a symbolic gesture and not a serious effort to provide real protection for the flag."
"The negotiations were not an end to themselves but a means to a peaceful solution to the dispute."