Did Abraham Lincoln have the right ideas about government all along?

Did Abraham Lincoln have the right ideas about government all along?
These were his words:

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

What say you?

Answer by JD
He was right

Answer by andyg77
You cannot help the poor by destroying the rich. But it doesn’t offer anything to what we could do.

You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong. Same argument.

You cannot bring about prosperity by discouraging thrift. This is good advice and the banker boys and the wall street boys should be clued in.

You cannot lift the wage earner up by pulling the wage payer down.
Well of course.

You cannot further the brotherhood of man by inciting class hatred.
Good advice for Savage and those similar.

You cannot build character and courage by taking away people’s initiative and independence. I strongly agree with this one.

You cannot help people permanently by doing for them, what they could and should do for themselves. Key word here is permanently and if that is understood then I agree.

Answer by Abey c
sounds nice, but my people were slaves when he farted that out…if you’re about building brotherhood, then there is no class structure to incite hatred within.
most of his rantings sound nice, and are specifically slanted toward a condition he knew of in his time..the plantation owners of the south were rich, and were utterly destroyed by the civil war..don’t know how much it helped the poor enslaved blacks, but it freed them from that particular form of oppression.
A penny saved is a penny earned; but it seems our financial institutions have lost or squandered all the pennies saved by us, and entrusted to them…when these banks and madoff closed shop, they didn’t state that they lost THEIR money, they lost YOUR money..THEY are recieving enough back from the govt, to give bonuses…but how many people have recoouped their entire savings portfolio from folded banks and crooks like Madoff?
Abe did a lot of talking, and like his protoge Obama, both are sure to disappoint a lot of people, simply for turning out to be nothing more than politicians..

Answer by Julia
Amen, Honest Abe.

Madam Prime Minister: A Biography of Margaret Thatcher (People in Focus)

Margaret Thatcher was a strong-willed child and an iron-willed leader. Whatever she achieved was through hard work. This biography takes the reader through her youthful years into politics, marriage, law, children, and eventually to eleven years as Britain’s prime minister.

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Obama is no Abraham Lincoln as many of his supporters claim?
Obama is no Abraham Lincoln as many of his supporters claim.

Economic Ten Commandments
by
Abraham Lincoln

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

Answer by Insider
Not to mention the hat.

Answer by Bill in Kansas
Not to mention the fact:

He is a racist
He is a liar
He is a socialist

Answer by acredhead113
If only he would agree to town hall meetings! Then McCain will out shine him!

I thought Obama was black. Lincoln according to the history books was white!

Answer by wittle doll
he’s more of a lincoln log than anything else…lmao

Transition Game: How Hoosiers Went Hip-Hop

The many facets of basketball in contemporary America-as seen through the game in Indiana, a cradle of the sport-from an award-winning Sports Illustrated writer.

Jon Wertheim hadn’t kept up with his high school team until a recent game brought back a tide of memories: the angry sound of the buzzer, the same chiropractor’s-dream bleachers, and the sight of Coach McKinney-one of the most accomplished and lauded in the state. But there were differences, too: it was Jay-Z not Mellencamp that blared during warm-ups; the height of the players made them leviathans for a high school game; and flair, flavor, and pure athleticism seemed to be more appreciated than the fundamentals.

Clearly, the forces that have transformed Indiana and America-technology, multiculturalism, commercialization, in a world that is growing smaller and more complex-have a parallel impact on basketball. “Indiana,” as a local barber says, “is going hip-hop.” How are these elements-the new players of foreign heritage; the emphasis on style at the expense of shooting; the growth of the women’s game; the influence of big money everywhere-changing the sport?

Wertheim looks for answers by pointing a wide-angle lens at the many sides of the sport-the high school game, the NBA, and everything in between-to find the state of basketball in the state of basketball. Like H. G. Bissinger’s Friday Night Lights, Darcy Frey’s The Last Shot, and John Feinstein’s books, Transition Game is a story of heart, hustle, and an enduring game.

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Who agrees with this Abraham Lincoln quote?
“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

Answer by Jose G
I quite agree with President Abraham Lincoln, and that’s why I totally disagree with President Barack Hussein Obama.

Answer by ladydreamer24
Agree! Too bad Obama knows his name and nothing else.

Answer by American First, Cons Second
Now you done it!! How can the libs compare Obama to Lincoln anymore after reading that quote. They will be mad with hate now…but. so what, that is how they usually are anyways.

Answer by Jerome C
I love this quote , it fits perfectly with the trouble we are having in the country.

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