What is the theme of "tales of a salt revolutionary

How might a listener feel about his or her griefs after hearing the wife's lament

"as one of our outstanding historical figures once said, ‘when a great democracy is destroyed, it will not be because of enemies from without but rather because of enemies from within.’" (paragraph 7) how does this quote reveal mccarthy’s point of view and advance the purpose of his speech?

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