Who said you cannot help the poor

Page no. Search this text. Title: Abraham Lincoln quarterly. Collection: Abraham Lincoln Association Serials. So many letters have come to the Association requesting information concerning the authenticity of certain quotations attributed to Lincoln that the editor believes the Quarterly may be the proper medium for giving what information we have.

The attributed quotations are as follows: "You cannot bring about prosperity by discouraging thrift. Ten Cannots by the Rev. You cannot bring about prosperity by discouraging thrift. You cannot help small men by tearing down big men. You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong. You cannot lift the wage earner by pulling down the wage payer. You cannot help the poor man by destroying the rich. You cannot keep out of trouble by spending more than your income.

You cannot further the brotherhood of man by inciting class hatred. You cannot establish security on borrowed money. You cannot build character and courage by taking away men's initiative and independence. You cannot help men permanently by doing for them what they could and should do for themselves. Dear Ann Landers: Those people in France should be so lucky that the only noise they hear is a crowing rooster.

They would have something legitimate to beef about if they lived in the countryside where I do. Our city's airport is in the process of being expanded so it can handle aircraft such as the Concorde. My days of peace and quiet are over. I now find myself directly under the flight paths of airliners as they take off and land. By Reuters Staff. Social media users have been sharing a quote online and attributing it to Abraham Lincoln. The quote was originally written by ex-clergyman William J.

Boetcker in a booklet called Inside Maxims, which later became known as the Ten Cannots. Examples can be seen here and here. 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.