PLEASE HELP ME OUT 19 POINTS how does a story in a line affect readers understanding of the story

"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?

Read the sentence. a few of the committee members did not attend which of the following accurately labels the bolded words? predicate adjective simple predicate predicate nominative complete predicate

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