"This is my country, these are my values and I'm not giving this up without a fight. And I think it's very important for me to say that I don't see the political crisis right now, and I do believe that we are in the middle of a political crisis, as a struggle between a left or right or liberal or progressive, Republican or Democrat. What we are experiencing is an attack, a concerted attack on fundamental American values, the bedrock values that make our republic what it is. I refer of course to things like the separation of powers, an independent judiciary, freedom of press, free speech, et cetera. These are not liberal issues or conservative issues, these are American issues and these are under attack." -- Robert Schenkkan, author of the play, Building the Wall, interviewed on the CBC radio program The Current, 2017-04-21