rap_sheet ([info]rap_sheet) wrote,
@ 2008-07-13 23:25:00
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The core basics of conservativism
As uttered by Abe Lincoln --

1. You cannot bring about prosperity by discouraging thrift.
2. You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong.
3. You cannot help the wage earner by pulling down the wage payer.
4. You cannot help the poor by destroying the rich.
5. You cannot keep out of trouble by spending more than you earn.
6. You cannot build character and courage by taking away initiative and independence.
7. You cannot help men permanently by doing for them what they could and should do for themselves.

And note the Democrats do not follow these principals.

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[info]powerpb13
2008-07-14 05:31 pm UTC (link)
Apparently this is another example of how conservatives think:

http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080714/capt.adbaab2dfc544d1ab4f30612a2e46cd7.obama_new_yorker_nyr101.jpg?x=235&y=345&sig=Os2HEUC052jg8DmVKo8CNg--

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[info]rap_sheet
2008-07-14 06:12 pm UTC (link)
That's if you can show the author of the "political cartoon" is a conservative.

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It's 'principles', and it wasn't Abe
[info]alincolnobs
2008-07-14 06:24 pm UTC (link)
You should look things up before you post. Those quotes did not originate with Abe Lincoln. Below is where they came from (you can verify this at http://www.truthorfiction.com/rumors/l/lincoln-quotes.htm, among many other sources. The Yale Book of Quotations, a couple links down in a Google search, gives the same information.)

And, yes, Ronald Reagan got it wrong too.



Summary of the eRumor:
Alleged quotes from Abraham Lincoln about the poor, the weak, prosperity, workers, class hatred, and character.

The Truth:
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.


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Re: It's 'principles', and it wasn't Abe
[info]powerpb13
2008-07-14 07:30 pm UTC (link)
America-hater.

(j/k)

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