I pledge allegiance to the flag.
Displaying to the world his ideal,
a symbol of his patriotism.
Flags strike a warm response in every heart.
We fought for that flag.
If the flag could talk, it could write a book.
That flag has always represented hate to me.
Changing the flag signals a change of attitude.
Indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.
I have cherished the ideal
of a democratic and free society.
It is an ideal for which I am prepared to die.
And the German Führer.
Fidel Castro is exporting revolutions in our own backyard.
An informed patriotism is what we want.
Let's start with some basics.
More attention to American history
and a greater emphasis on civic ritual.
Support for the First Amendment need not extend
to desecration of the American flag.
That is a national symbol of unity.
We need unity in this country.
Symbols are important.
Americans who want to burn the American flag
should consider moving to Iran, China, or Cuba,
where burning the American flag is not only legal, but encouraged.
The potential is for causing a riot.
Whenever somebody does something like this to the flag, people get mad.
Justice Scalia, once people are compelled to respect a political symbol,
their respect for the flag is quite meaningless.
Today, the US Supreme Court ruled that burning the flag...
...is a right protected by the First Amendment.
...constitutional right to free speech. The ruling was five to four.
I stand before you today to announce
my candidacy for president...
I decided I won't wear that pin on my chest.
Instead, I'm gonna try to tell the American people
what I believe will make this country great.
Hopefully, that will be a testimony to my patriotism.
...case in point, something of a controversy that has erupted
involving Democratic Senator Barack Obama.
Everybody wears them, from a mayor, to members of Congress, to the president.
It's curious that there's a guy that doesn't want to do it.
I don’t understand liberal logic. They just hate the flag.
Do we love our American flag?
We believe that children should be taught
to always respect our great American flag.
If you burn the American flag,
you go to jail for one year.
One year.
Build that wall!
Our nation has been gripped
by professional anarchists,
arsonists, looters, criminals, rioters, Antifa.
Fight for Trump! Fight for Trump!
-What do we want? -Justice!
Let's have a moment of silence.
Students are seeing the symbol as, quote,
"threatening by nature."
The superintendent believes the thin blue line is political.
The Nelson Mandela Foundation has asked a court to ban it,
saying it represents hate and racial discrimination.
It's too much of a stretch to argue
that it amounts to hate speech to display the flag.
Any display of the old flag constitutes hate speech
in terms of section 10(1) of the Equality Act.
A wonderful moment for the whole of South Africa.
Nelson Mandela is cheering along.
A sea of flags.
Whose streets? Our streets!