I had to look for the excerpt attached to this question, and here is my answer:
The speaker in the excerpt given was Grendel and here, he was describing about himself at how he reacts and acts in times of arguments. Based on this excerpt above him, this shows that he is just PRACTICAL based on how he responds to the given situation.
Is like what Sean Roberts said: That the government is made up of three branches, which are made to see each other to make sure no branch is dominating the other two. They are all the time trying to find a balance among the three branches (Judicial, Executive, and Legislative). The founders created this in order to have an effective government in decision making.
Also, Gridlock is when something isn't moving. You can also call it a stalemate. The government is meant to have gridlock. For example, it can take a WHILE, a few years, for a decision to be made on a certain issue, and when it has to do with something controversial it takes longer (like abortion, which still, to this day, is a heated topic in politics), which makes people complain about how "slow" the American government is when making decisions.
Hope this helps.
The answer is love. Really it is the "Word" that is supposed to be carried to others, but love would be synonymous for what the word was all about.
I think the answer is I
Since its unusual to replace (optional) with the other sentence according to reality.
