<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1423668671248_7545"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1423668671248_7546">You're right, it wasn't authentic Lincoln:</span></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1423668671248_7549"><span><br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1423668671248_7727"></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1423668671248_7550"> <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', arial; font-size: 12px;" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1423668671248_7743">The Rev. William John Henry Boetcker was a Presbyterian minister and notable public speaker who served as director of the pro-employer Citizens' Industrial Alliance, a position he held when, in 1916, he produced a booklet of "nuggets" from his lectures, which included maxims such as "We cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong" and "We cannot help the poor by kicking the rich." Boetcker's collection of maxims eventually crystallized as the list of ten now familiar entries (variously known as the "Industrial Decalogue," the "Ten Don'ts," the "Ten Cannots," "Ten Things You Cannot Do, "or the "American Charter")</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', arial; font-size: 12px;" class=""> </span></div><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1423668671248_7719" class=""><font face="Trebuchet MS, arial" style="font-size: 12px;">Read more at </font><a href="http://www.snopes.com/quotes/lincoln/prosperity.asp#m5SXJqpb6lsSqAlS.99" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1423668671248_7717" style="font-size: 12px; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', arial;">snopes.com: Abraham Lincoln on Prosperity</a><div style="font-size: 12px; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; width: 450px; margin-top: 5px; margin-bottom: 5px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" contenteditable="false" id="enhancrCard_0" class="link-enhancr-attachment link-enhancr-element"><table class="link-enhancr-element" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="width:450px; 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font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', arial;"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1423668671248_7717" dir="ltr"><font size="3">Even Ronald Reagan was taken in...</font></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1423668671248_7717" dir="ltr"><font size="3"><br></font></div></span><div class="signature" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1423668671248_7551">Ron Force<br>Moscow Idaho USA</div> <div class="qtdSeparateBR"><br><br></div><div class="yahoo_quoted" style="display: block;"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div dir="ltr"> <font size="2" face="Arial"> On Wednesday, February 11, 2015 5:12 PM, lfalen <lfalen@turbonet.com> wrote:<br> </font> </div> <br><br> <div class="y_msg_container"><div id="yiv6206771479"><div dir="ltr" style=""><div>I don't know if this quote is authentic, but it is a good one anyway.</div><div>Roger<br><br><br><br><br></div><div style="padding-left:5px;margin-left:5px;border-left-color:rgb(119, 119, 119);border-left-width:3px;border-left-style:solid;">-----Original Message-----<br>Subject: Quote for today but said a long time ago!<br><br><br>
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<div class="yiv6206771479MsoNormal" style=""><b><span style="color:black;font-family:"Verdana", "sans-serif";font-size:10.5pt;">You cannot help the poor by destroying the rich.<br>You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong.<br>You cannot bring about prosperity by discouraging thrift.<br>You cannot lift the wage earner up by pulling the wage payer down.<br>You cannot further the brotherhood of man by inciting class hatred.<br>You cannot build character and courage by taking away men's initiative and<br>independence.<br>You cannot help men permanently by doing for them, what they could and<br>should do for themselves.</span></b></div>
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