Jonathan Nation

The Ten Cannots

August 4, 2010 by jon

  • You cannot bring about prosperity by discouraging thrift.
  • You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong.
  • You cannot help little men by tearing down big men.
  • You cannot lift the wage earner by pulling down the wage payer.
  • You cannot help the poor by destroying the rich.
  • You cannot establish sound security on borrowed money.
  • You cannot further the brotherhood of man by inciting class hatred.
  • You cannot keep out of trouble by spending more than you earn.
  • You cannot build character and courage by destroying men’s initiative and independence.
  • And you cannot help men permanently by doing for them what they can and should do for themselves.

These statements are generally what I understand and why I vote the way I vote &  promote both independence & interdependence.

These quotations are sometimes refereed to as Lincoln’s 10 “Cannots” – but it is wildly understood that where the spirit is what Lincoln believed, it is not what he said. These were written in 1916 by William J. H. Boetcker [wikipedia]

Thanks to John “Hollywood” for sending me a reminder of this.

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Proverbs 28 – oppression

March 28, 2009 by jon

A ruler who oppresses the poor
is like a driving rain that leaves no crops.

Proverbs 28:3 from New International Version

What is oppression?
After reading through both a Wikipedia article on it, and stuff from dictionary.com, lets settle on:

Making it harder for a group to be the best it can be, either collective or as individuals. [Read more…]

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building greatness

March 27, 2009 by jon

You cannot bring about prosperity by discouraging thrift. You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong. You cannot further the brotherhood of man by encouraging class hatred. You can not help the poor by destroying the rich. You can not keep out of trouble by spending more than you earn. You can not build character and courage by taking away man’s initiative and independence. You cannot help men permanently by doing for them what they could and should do for themselves.

~ Abraham Lincoln

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subtraction through inforcement

March 21, 2009 by jon

The best way to get a bad law repealed is to enforce it strictly.

~ Abraham Lincoln

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