Either a semi colon or a comma can be used, it just depends on the sentence. :)
Answer:
Gorman makes a reference to
"There is always light, only if we are brave enough to see it"
What she is saying is that there are many things that we should be proud of our country for, even so, we cannot overlook what we have done in the past.
Hi! I liked your story. It was pretty hard to follow in some parts including the beginning. The beginning needs more information about the characters. I'm not sure who Dannie and Quinn are. Also, the dialog was a little hard to follow because you didn't mention who was talking. Especially in the last section about how many zeros there are in billions. I'm not sure who was talking and it seemed very out of place. I think you can do with out that piece of dialog.
Hope it helps! :)
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