things true and true things fake. and we did not become the beacon of freedom in the darkest corners of the world by flouting our institutions and failing to understand just how hard-won and vulnerable they are. this spell will eventually break. that is my belief. we will return to ourselves once more, and i say, the sooner the better. because we have a healthy government, we must also have healthy and functioning parties. we must respect each other in an atmosphere of shared facts and shared values, comity, and good faith. we must argue our positions fervently and never be afraid to compromise. we must assume the best of our fellow man and always look for the good. and until that day comes, we must be unafraid to stand up and speak out, as if our country depends on it. because it does.