George H.W. Bush: “But slowly but surely, the truth will be known. Either we'll succeed or we won't succeed.”

I think you are engaging in the soft bigotry of low expectations.

Bigotry seems emboldened.

We know that free governments are the only way to ensure that the strong are just, and the weak are valued. And we know that when we lose sight of our ideals, it is not democracy that has failed. It is the failure of those charged with…

We've seen our discourse degraded by casual cruelty.