Would You Bend Down to Pick Up a Penny

You in no way offended me Noble, I really didn't study it in depth anyway, just read the opening statements to see where it was coming from, and didn't care to go deeper. Some things can be hammered until it has holes all over it, some things never will. I suppose we all get hammered one way or another before it's over with, and without some support we'll wind up in tatters. Some seek to obtain this support through getting tougher, richer, wiser or craftier. Some do reach the conclusion it can't be bought, obtained, or acquired by any means within ourselves, and begin looking elsewhere, usually to no avail, and too often with dire consequences. Pride can be one of our biggest pitfalls, and we are a very proud country, needing support as never before. I personally feel it will be found only in our beliefs, and in our hearts. May they be wise and strong, as basically the support we really need, the support that got us this far, through thick and thin, has been replaced with supports which are no support, and is no longer welcome here. It's words have been removed from within our hallowed halls, from our courtrooms and schools, and our government buildings. Many will not know what those words were about, or even care. We once paid our debts with gold, and now we "pay" them with worthless paper and scrap iron. I wonder what possibly could have happened, and how we could have lost our direction? Maybe Lincoln addressed this many years ago,
"At what point shall we expect the approach of danger? By what means shall we fortify against it? Shall we expect some transatlantic military giant to step the ocean and crush us at a blow? Never! All the armies of Europe, Asia, and Africa combined, with all the treasure of the earth (our own excepted) in their military chest, with a Bonaparte for a commander, could not by force take a drink from the Ohio or make a track on the Blue Ridge in a trial of a thousand years.
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."
http://constitution.org/lincoln/lyceum.htm
Although his words are 175 years old, they might not be that far away. The value of that penny could well be the least of our concerns, and the words engraved on it the most