"I would rather be assassinated on this spot than surrender it.”

[Gene C]

Agreed, Maddie, and that applies no matter what race, gender, creed, etc. Political rhetoric will never overcome human nature to denigrate someone else. Only belief in much high principles can do that.

Agreed! And as soon as our political leaders are willing to acknowledge that there is a higher authority than government, and are willing to live there lives accordingly, the better this country will be. President Lincoln's second inagural speech is a perfect example.