• 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 be doing for themselves.

• You cannot bring about prosperity by discouraging thrift.

• You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong.

• You cannot further brotherhood of man by encouraging class hatred.

• You cannot help the wage earner by pulling down the wage payer.

• You cannot help the poor by destroying the rich.

• You cannot keep out of trouble by spending more than you earn.

Abraham Lincoln