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President Lincoln
From: DB
Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2009 8:43 AM
Subject: President Lincoln...
Obama the self proclaimed Lincoln - NOT!Does Obama even know what Lincoln stood for? Barack does not talk about things like this when he speaks of his new-found friend President Lincoln.His new proposals in the Senate right now are 180 degrees from what Lincoln has to say here.I have had a framed copy of this for almost a half century and it hung in my office for many of those years.This copy is a little beat up now, but the words and meaning never fade.
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QUOTE: You cannot bring about prosperity by discouraging thrift. You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong. You cannot hlep the wage earner by pulling down the wage payer. You cannot further the brotherhood of man by encourageing 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 man's initiative and independence. You cannot help men permanently by doing for them what they could and should do for themselves. ---Abraham Lincoln