Below, in quotes, is one of those terribly annoying Repuglican spam quote fest, claiming to quote Abraham Lincoln. Do you have a friend or relative who sends this kind of stuff? I am afraid that much of middle America get their politics from the legions of forwarders of this stuff. I don't dispute the quotes but they do show Mr. Lincoln as capable of rhetorical murder as the best.
One of our Greatest Presidents said:
"You cannot help the poor by destroying the rich." No need to destroy, just take their money, didin't they steal it anyway?
"You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong" Unless the strong are oppressing the weak by paying less than a living wage, killing, abusing, and imprisoning the weak.
"You cannot bring about prosperity by discouraging thrift." It is always amusing to see the rich, who can and do buy everything, counseling thrift.
"You cannot lift the wage earner up by pulling the wage payer down." Translation: Workers will never fare better if you pay them more, never question the profits and interests the businesses takes.
"You cannot further the brotherhood of man by inciting class hatred." But we can further our profits by exploiting racism, hiring a crew of immigrants, they are cheaper anyway, and then you will blame them for your problems.
"You cannot build character and courage by taking away people's initiative and independence." Notice how "initiative and independence" in this sentence are stand-ins for business interests. Translation: "Those who would claim to help the poor" would destroy character, courage, initiative, and independence.
"You cannot help people permanently by doing for them, what they could and should do for themselves."
Translation: Helping poor people disables them.
- Abraham Lincoln
Ya gotta remember that the Civil war was more about money and economic systems, slavery was more profitable than wage labor, so it had to be crushed.
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