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> "It is the soldier, not the reporter, > Who has given us freedom of the press. > It is the soldier, not the poet, > Who has given us freedom of speech. > It is the soldier, not the campus organizer, > Who has given us the freedom to demonstrate. > It is the soldier, > Who salutes the flag, > Who serves beneath the flag, > And whose coffin is draped by the flag, > Who allows the protester to burn the flag." > > Father Denis Edward O'Brien, USMC