The America that I've loved all my life

<p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;"> "When I am weaker than you, I ask you for freedom because that is according to your principles; when I am stronger than you, I take away your freedom because that is according to my principles."<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span> -Frank Herbert</p> <p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;">  </p> <p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;"> "The jailing of political opponents is a feature of repressive dictatorships, not vibrant democracies."  -The Atlantic, October 2016</p> <p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;">  </p> <p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;"> The law means nothing today. And I hate to say this, and I've always loved my country and I've always believed that America was something that, today, I would tell you that I'm not so sure that the America that I've loved all my life ever existed.</p> <p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;">  </p> <p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;"> When I see what has happened to America, I don't recognize my nation. I don't recognize my country. And when I look at young people, as well as my own great grandchildren, I'm not optimistic at all about their future.<span style= "mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span> -Carol Swain, retired professor of law at Vanderbilt</p>