The Essential Scalia Quotes

“You should be in no doubt that, patriotic conservative that I am, I detest the burning of the nation’s flag—and if I were king I would make it a crime. But as I understand the First Amendment, it guarantees the right to express contempt for the government, the Congress, the Supreme Court, even the nation and the nation’s flag.”
― Antonin Scalia, The Essential Scalia: On the Constitution, the Courts, and the Rule of Law