"If we set the precedent of limiting the First Amendment, in order to protect the sensibilities of those who are offended by flag burning, what will we say the next time someone is offended by some other minority view, or by some other person's exercise of the freedom the Constitution is supposed to protect?"
Flag desecration

January 1, 1970

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Ted Kennedy, Constituent letter (1997).

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