[foreverfree]

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[Tejas Rob]

“A house divided against itself cannot stand.”

I don’t see how this gap can be bridged.

[Olog-hai]

When I was growing up, I understood that despite our differences, we held one thing in common: We were Americans first and foremost. Nothing came before that — not religion, not political ideology, not skin color and not sexual orientation. …

To quote Yoda, “That is why you fail!”

[henkster]

This level of division offers opportunities for our adversaries to cause strife around the globe that, under normal circumstances, would warrant a U.S. response that now might be impossible as a result of our national division.

If you read William Shirer's "Collapse of the Third Republic," you will find out this is why Germany defeated France in six weeks in 1940. The Germans were good, but they weren't that good. The French army was a reflection of a divided, hollowed-out society, and could not fight effectively.

[loveliberty2]

Perhaps John Quincy Adams provided the answer to the question of this post in his "Jubilee" Address:

"Fellow-citizens, the ark of your covenant is the Declaration of independence. Your Mount Ebal, is the confederacy of separate state sovereignties, and your Mount Gerizim is the Constitution of the United States. In that scene of tremendous and awful solemnity, narrated in the Holy Scriptures, there is not a curse pronounced against the people, upon Mount Ebal, not a blessing promised them upon Mount Gerizim, which your posterity may not suffer or enjoy, from your and their adherence to, or departure from, the principles of the Declaration of Independence, practically interwoven in the Constitution of the United States. Lay up these principles, then, in your hearts, and in your souls – bind them for signs upon your hands, that they may be as frontlets between your eyes – teach them to your children, speaking of them when sitting in your houses, when walking by the way, when lying down and when rising up – write them upon the doorplates of your houses, and upon your gates – cling to them as to the issues of life – adhere to them as to the cords of your eternal salvation. So may your children’s children at the next return of this day of jubilee, after a full century of experience under your national Constitution, celebrate it again in the full enjoyment of all the blessings recognized by you in the commemoration of this day, and of all the blessings promised to the children of Israel upon Mount Gerizim, as the reward of obedience to the law of God." - John Quincy Adams, "Jubilee" Address

[Sicon]

We are a nation built by our unified strength and once unified voice. Sadly, in today's America, there is not a single voice calling for unity. Instead, we hear multiple voices calling for unity among their respective camps. As a result, we've become a nation of many tribes, each working against one other

The very intentional Balkanization the left has been pursuing and pushing in this country for decades.

[spincaster]

Donald Trump, the only honest,American loving man in Washington!