| Symbolic speech is often objectionable, but non-violent conduct is protected by principles of free speech and should be met with similar non-violent action, not with murder. |
| The Court felt that if symbolic speech were given the same constitutional protection as actual speech or writing, then virtually any action could be excused on the grounds that its perpetrator meant to send a message. |
| Interestingly, however, the comprehension of iconic symbols appears much later, around 26 months, following the acquisition of basic symbolic speech. |
| The analysis of the special status of symbolic speech may be summarized with the conclusion that symbolic speech should not have a special status. |
| An army of volunteers was operating a human barrier at a six-block radius from Parque Central, site of another symbolic speech on this three-day trip. |
| In accordance with the logic of transitive conceptual contamination, it turned out that this truth about draft card burning became a truth about symbolic speech in general then about speech in general. |
