Compromise

I have heard it said that one of the things wrong right now in the US is that there is not enough compromise. It is true that compromise sometimes may need to be part of governing a country, but there are many things that can not be compromised on. I'm sure you are familiar with the saying that you can't be a little bit pregnant, right? There are many things like that: either they are or they aren't. Either we follow the Constitution or we don't. Either we allow innocent future taxpayers to be killed or we don't. Either the law applies to all people or it doesn't. And so on. (Now there are, of course, differences in the degree to which one is doing something, but that is another topic.) Further, we can not make up for violating some parts of the Constitution by being especially zealous of others, or violating some people's by protecting others, and we can not make up for killing some babies by feeding others. Either we purpose to act morally or we don't. Morality is a state of heart, not a balance sheet of good and bad actions. This applies to nations as well as individuals.