This is the diplomacy that advances our state and our nation, balancing different views towards a workable compromise.
The history of our nation’s political discourse is certainly chaotic, and often chaotic, with some voices wrongly silenced. Yet America’s ideals – those taught in school that demand equality in the pursuit of happiness – remain polite and respectful of dialogue.
“We mustn’t be enemies,” Lincoln concluded. “Even if the passion may be tense, it must not break our affection. The mystical chords of memory that stretch from every battlefield and patriot grave to every living heart and hearth throughout this vast land will swell the chorus of the Union when they are touched again by the better angels of our world, so sure it will be nature. “
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