[GratefulCitizen]

Originally Posted by The Reaper

Hmm.

Can anyone pass these to the Congresscritters and the White House?

TR

Lincoln’s “Ten Cannots”

Lincoln’s “Ten Cannots,” are taken from numerous commentaries. While there have been many publications attributing them to Abraham Lincoln, the Library of Congress’ Congressional Research Service has been unable to verify the attribution. However, the “Ten Cannots” are as worthy of review today as they have been since the 1940s when they first appeared in print.

• You cannot bring about prosperity by discouraging thrift.
• You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong.
• You cannot help small men up by tearing big men down.
• You cannot help the poor by destroying the rich.
• You cannot lift the wage-earner up by pulling the wage-payer down.
• 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 sound social security on borrowed money.
• You cannot build character and courage by taking away a man’s initiative and independence.
• You cannot help men permanently by doing for them what they could and should do for themselves.

Ten cannots can be summed up in the Tenth Commandment:

"You shall not covet your neighbor's house. You shall not covet your neighbor's wife, or his manservant or maidservant, his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor."

Looks like a pretty good rule.