"Never in the history of the world has any soldier done more and sacrificed more for the freedom and liberty of total strangers than the American soldier. And our soldiers don't just fight for freedom abroad, they preserve it for us here at home.
"For it has been said so eloquently that 'it is the soldier, not the reporter, who has given us the freedom of the press.
"'It is the soldier, not the reporter, who has given us freedom of speech.
"'It is the soldier, not the agitator, who has given us the freedom to protest.
"It is the soldier, who salutes the flag, serves beneath the flag',whose coffin is draped by the flag, who gives the protester the freedom he abuses to burn that flag."
(Zell Miller, 2004 RNC)