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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seeing issues, all the time

December 12, 2008 by jon

Pessimism is a very easy way out when you’re considering what life really is, because pessimism is a short view of life … if you take a long view, I do not see how you can be pessimistic about the future of man or the future of the world.

~ Robertson Davies

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