CALDEIRÃO DE BOLSA

It Has Always Been The Soldier.
>
> It is the soldier;
> not the President,
> who gives us democracy.
>
> It is the soldier;
> not the Congress,
> who takes care of us.
>
> It is the soldier;
> not the Reporter,
> who has given us Freedom of 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 the
> Freedom to Demonstrate.
>
> It is the soldier;
> who salutes the flag,
> who serves beneath the flag,
> and whose coffin is draped by the flag,
> that allows the protester to burn the flag.
>
> Father Dennis O'Brien, US Marine Corp