"Years ago, I was a delegate at the republican state convention for my state. One of our leaders made the statement that we may need to compromise some of our convictions in order to gain power. Once we have gained power then we can leverage our convictions. I and some other delegates response was, by the time you have gained power you will have lost your convictions."
It’s a sad state that we’re in, I’m not sure that we can ever recover. But we can try until we die...
(and keep our fingers crossed and keep praying)