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(1) Whoever knowingly mutilates, defaces, physically defiles, burns, maintains on the floor or ground, or tramples upon any flag of the United States shall be fined under this title or imprisoned for not more than one year, or both.

To everyone I say,

“Humanity thrives in adversity.”

“Every challenge has the potential to forge strength.”

– Victor Hugo

Or that he feels moved by Inspector Javert hurling himself into the Seine when he realizes that mercy can be more just than the law as written? I wouldn’t put it past him to describe Gavroche, the young street urchin shot down mid-song as he aids the rebels, as "no angel."

I supposed to believe that the “law and order president” identifies at all with former convict Jean Valjean’s story of the cruelty of the law toward the poor and needy?