What made America great, as I believe George Washington wrote, that it gives to bigotry no sanction and all it asks, is that all citizens pay their loyalty – few appreciate how deeply novel – namely, two hundred years ago, when 99% of the world lived under dictatorships (very often be they Cristian or Islamic, that happily sanctioned bigotry) America stood as a voice of human rights! – true, slavery was wrong, but already Abraham Lincoln fought a civil war! for its abolishment