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You cannot help
the poor by destroying the rich.
You cannot
strengthen the weak by weakening the strong.
You cannot
bring about prosperity by discouraging thrift.
You cannot lift
the wage earner up by pulling the wage payer down.
You cannot
further the brotherhood of man by inciting class hatred.
You cannot
build character and courage by taking away
people's
initiative and independence.
You cannot help
people permanently by doing for them,
what they could
and should do for themselves.
by Rev. William John Henry Boetcker (1873 – 1962)
later attributed to.......Abraham
Lincoln (1809 – 1865)
16th President of the United States of America |
