“I love the freedoms we got in this country, I appreciate your freedom to burn your flag if you want to, but I really appreciate my right to bear arms so I can shoot you if you try to burn mine.”

—  Johnny Cash

From "Ragged Old Flag" on The Great Lost Performance

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American singer-songwriter 1932–2003

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