Use the text property with standard text:
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml" height="400">
<mx:Text width="400" text=" <,greater than, >, ampersand, &, apostrophe, ', and quotation mark "." />
<mx:Text width="400">
<mx:text>
<, >, &, ', ".
</mx:text>
</mx:Text>
</mx:Application>
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