A quote from Abe Lincoln over Rich vs Poor--very TRUE--what say you liberals.

[oreo]

"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." --Abraham Lincoln


O.K. Liberals explain this one--

This is probably the best quote I have seen from any President. Apparently our politicians with all their Harvard Law degrees--still don't get it. This quote from someone that had to teach himself how to read & write while using a candle to illuminate the pages of his books so he could read.

 

[Coyote]

Lincoln never said that.

snopes.com: Abraham Lincoln on Prosperity

 

[Modbert]

Swing and a miss Oreo.

 

[QUENTIN]

Bullshit

snopes.com: Abraham Lincoln on Prosperity

 

[QUENTIN]

Whoops, beat me to it.

Easily fooled, huh Oreo? Did you get that from World Net Daily or a chain letter?

 

[Coyote]

...and so speaketh the liberals

 

[Douger]

Here's one that is real.
Take a look around on this board and you'll see that he was spot on.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.
Abraham Lincoln

 

[Bfgrn]

"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." --Abraham Lincoln


O.K. Liberals explain this one--

This is probably the best quote I have seen from any President. Apparently our politicians with all their Harvard Law degrees--still don't get it. This quote from someone that had to teach himself how to read & write while using a candle to illuminate the pages of his books so he could read.

Simple...it was said by William John Henry Boetcker (1873–1962), an American religious leader, an outspoken political conservative.

Here's a real Lincoln quote...

The legitimate object of government, is to do for a community of people, whatever they need to have done, but can not do, at all, or can not, so well do, for themselves in their separate, and individual capacities. In all that the people can individually do as well for themselves, government ought not to interfere. The desirable things which the individuals of a people can not do, or can not well do, for themselves, fall into two classes: those which have relation to wrongs, and those which have not. Each of these branch off into an infinite variety of subdivisions. The first that in relation to wrong sembraces all crimes, misdemeanors, and nonperformance of contracts. The other embraces all which, in its nature, and without wrong, requires combined action, as public roads and highways, public schools, charities, pauperism, orphanage, estates of the deceased, and the machinery of government itself. From this it appears that if all men were just, there still would be some, though not so much, need for government. Lincoln, Abraham

Source: ABRAHAM LINCOLN, fragment on government The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, ed. Roy P. Basler, vol. 2, pp.

 

[midcan5]

Weird, idiocy on the Internet never dies. We covered this one long ago.


"We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are." Anaïs Nin

 

[paperview]

I love it when a connie OP gets pummeled by the second post.

 

[Ravi]

"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." --Abraham Lincoln


O.K. Liberals explain this one--

This is probably the best quote I have seen from any President. Apparently our politicians with all their Harvard Law degrees--still don't get it. This quote from someone that had to teach himself how to read & write while using a candle to illuminate the pages of his books so he could read.

Here is a real one that I think is very apt.

Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt.

 

[Xenophon]

Should do real Abe quotes, he had some fun ones like this:

"Common looking people are the best in the world: that is the reason the Lord makes so many of them."

 

[Tom Clancy]

Ouch...

 

[sboyle24]

The smack has been laid upon thy cheeks.

 

[Charles Stucker]

Here's one that is real.
Take a look around on this board and you'll see that he was spot on.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.
Abraham Lincoln

Of course if the house is on fire it might be a good idea to pull it down in order to prevent the fire from spreading to everything else.

 

[rightwinger]

oreo...

Didn't we tell you this months ago when you tried to use the same quote as your sig?

Are you just fishing here?

 

[sboyle24]

Why do lies like this quote, Citizenship issues with Obama, Death panels, communism, etc. ever start? From where do these lies originate? It's creating a violently insane political atmosphere where nobody knows what to believe.

 

[JakeStarkey]

"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." --Abraham Lincoln


O.K. Liberals explain this one--

This is probably the best quote I have seen from any President. Apparently our politicians with all their Harvard Law degrees--still don't get it. This quote from someone that had to teach himself how to read & write while using a candle to illuminate the pages of his books so he could read.

The following is a direct quotation. These words are often attributed to Abraham Lincoln, but according to the book They Never Said it: A Book of Fake Quotes, Misquotes, & Misleading Attributions, they are not from Lincoln.

The quotes were published in 1942 by William J. H. Boetcker, a Presbyterian minister. He released a pamphlet titled Lincoln On Limitations, which did include a Lincoln quote, but also added 10 statements written by Boetcker himself.

They were:

1. You cannot bring about prosperity by discouraging thrift.
2. You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong
3. You cannot help the poor man by destroying the rich.
4. You cannot further the brotherhood of man by inciting class hatred.
5. You cannot build character and courage by taking away man's initiative and independence.
6. You cannot help small men by tearing down big men.
7. You cannot lift the wage earner by pulling down the wage payer.
8. You cannot keep out of trouble by spending more than your income.
9. You cannot establish security on borrowed money.
10 You cannot help men permanently by doing for them what they will not do for themselves.

People who got the pamphlet thought the 10 statements were written by Lincoln and they have been distributed widely under Lincoln's name.
Source(s): http://rightcuz.com/2009/07/12/hes-no-ab…

 

[IanC]

who cares who the source was? the quote is the substance of the OP. common sense ideas that are not common anymore, and are actually counter to today's common practise

 

[JakeStarkey]

IanC's comment above illustrates what is wrong with his muddled thinking. The OP bases its authority on the idea that the quotes were from AL. THEY ARE NOT. Thus, the OP's legitimacy is weakened (1) by the false documentation, and (2) the suspicion that the act was deliberate.