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IT IS THE SOLDIER by Charles M. Province
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 freedom to demonstrate.
IT IS THE SOLDIER, not the lawyer,
Who has given us the right to a fair trial.
IT IS THE SOLDIER who salutes the flag,
Who serves under the flag and
Whose coffin is draped by the flag,
Who allows the protester to burn the flag.
"War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things: the decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feelings
which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse. A man who has nothing for which he is willing to fight: nothing he
cares about more than his own personal safety: is a miserable creature who has no chance of being free, unless made
and kept so by the exertions and blood of better men than himself."
- John Stuart Mill
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