Good God, if one more person COMPLETELY MISSES THE POINT and complains about whatever administration is currently in power in relation to this quote, I might just explode. Lincoln's greatest task was holding together a nation torn by partisan strife. He failed, tragically, and we endured a bloody civil war as a result, but the most redoubled efforts could not have brought the country back from the brink by the time he took power. On a military level, the greatest threat, as Lincoln knew and said here, was not from one of the great transatlantic military giants but from the deep internal divisions in America becoming violent and failing to be worked out by intelligent men. Regardless of how you feel about "the Bush gang" or the "Obama socialists," the greatest favor you can do this country is to work together with your fellow Americans to maintain and to nourish this greatest nation on earth.