Old Wisdom

[ronaldrwl]

Nothing new but I got an email quoting Lincoln. Why do we have to relearn everything over and over.

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

[GreenScoutII]

Truer words were never spoken!

[spleify]

Good stuff

[Batteriesnare]

Brilliant man. If only Obama would take some lessons from his predecessors.

[hobowh]

Wish the current would reflect on the previous

[Irving]

Anyone can sit around and say good things. Lincoln ignored the Constitution to accomplish his agenda. Regan said lots of good things too, but he made machine guns illegal.

[hobowh]

Part of reflecting on it though should be was the way they went about it wrong/right

[rhineoshott]

Anyone can sit around and say good things. Lincoln ignored the Constitution to accomplish his agenda. Regan said lots of good things too, but he made machine guns illegal.

YES!! absolutely correct!

[Irving]

At the same time, people can just as easily do what I just did and pick and choose specific facts from history to make some vague at best point. So.....[shrugs shoulders]

[ronaldrwl]

Always nice to have Sturtle around to point out the speck in some one elses eye.