2010-03-17

Our 16th president

"You cannot bring about prosperity by discouraging thrift. You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong. You cannot help the wage earner by pulling down the wage payer. You cannot further the brotherhood of man by encouraging class hatred. You cannot help the poor by destroying the rich. You cannot keep out of trouble by spending more than you earn. You cannot build character and courage by taking away a man's initiative and independence. You cannot help men permanently by doing for them what they could and should do for themselves." - Abraham Lincoln

2 comments:

Lisa and company said...

AMEN!!!!

Marianne & Clayton said...

Lisa, that's what I was going to say! Or I was going to make a funny comment from the side of a lazy gad-about who is suckling from the democratic... you get the idea.