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Originally Posted by SUBMAN1
Mr. Obama needs to read these words from the man that supposedly inspires him:
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 & courage by taking away people's initiative & independence. You cannot help people permanently by doing for them what they could & should do for themselves -Abraham Lincoln
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Great words. I like them. Unfortunately they don't seem to have been said by Lincoln, nor by anyone of his era.
http://www.truthorfiction.com/rumors...oln-quotes.htm
It's also possible that Lincoln never said one of the most famous quotes attributed to him: "You can fool all of the people some of the time, and some of the people all of the time, but you cannot fool all of the people all of the time."
http://channels.isp.netscape.com/wha...oln&floc=wn-nx
That one really surprised me.