Lincoln

 This quote is  not from Abraham Lincoln: but has been attributed to him

it is from Jekin Lloyd Jones

"No outside foe can ever denude this country, however much they may wish to storm our shores with shells or sink our battleships," he wrote. "Nations do not die from invasion, they die from internal rottenness."

This is a Quote by him.... but may have not been spoken directly in this form/

"At what point then is the approach of danger to be expected? I answer, if it ever reach us, it must spring up amongst us. It cannot come from abroad. If destruction be our lot, we must ourselves be its author and finisher. As a nation of freemen, we must live through all time, or die by suicide."

I think we are seeing BOTH things happening....

We have several crisis threatening us and our way of life,,,  now it may or may not come to be in my time ,, but most certainly in my childrens time..

- Political upheaval - coming from within. If the Former President / Treasonist is reelected in 2024 it will be escalated to the point of Destroying the Democracy while promoting and embedding his person interests. Even if he is not - you need to remember that the Silence of the people that should be speaking out against the insanity of what is going on will be the Reson that the Democracy FAILS.  MLK said it best. History will have to record that the greatest tragedy of this period of social transition was not the strident clamor of the bad people, but the appalling silence of the good people.

What should scare the shit out of you is that there were actually near 1000 people in Dallas  / Daley Plaze (where JFK was killed) that fully expected to see his son John Jr - who dies in a  plane crash in 1999 - these people expected that he was to reveal that he was NOT Dead , but working behind the Scenes helping Former Prez Dump . and was the be his running mate in 2024.... Let that sink in....

- Climate Crisis  - If we do not address global warming there will be MAJOR changes to the Earth that will not be reversible in the near future. We cannot continue to take and take and impact the Climate without consequence.  Rising Temperatures and melting Ice caps WILL destroy species and Land masses ...