shimon perez, president of israel, was there to receive a medal. he looked out at us and said, you live on the greatest nation that's ever been on the face of the earth. not the greatest nation of our times, but the greatest nation on the face of the earth. but he looked tos and he said, do you know what your greatness comes from? it is not what you take but what you give. that america will give the ultimate sacrifice of life so another country can have freedom. with that freedom becomes human rights and a stronger economy. that's who we are. the second bit of advice i believe lincoln would tell us, "don't sit and just blame others for your problems. accept where you are but find a solution. you know, lincoln was elected november 1806, sworn in march 1861. in those few months seven states left the union and never once did he blame bukebuke -- buchanan. a little different than our white house today. the advice reagan would tell us, and i think this would be direct advice to the current president, peace without freedom is meaningless. history has pro