Editor, Times-Union: Please read these words carefully, then give them the thorough thought and mental to soul digestion they deserve.
To all U.S. citizens, here is a quote from maybe the most “Beloved and Honest Man” that ever held the office of POTUS. Even President Obama has hailed Lincoln as his favorite and most fair U.S. president ever. If the words of Lincoln are to be believed, they clearly prove that Barack Obama’s Socialist agenda is wrong and cannot work in a Republic of free persons. Do you think that Barack Obama agrees with Abraham Lincoln’s words of wisdom?
Quote: “You cannot bring about prosperity by discouraging thrift. You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong. You cannot help the wage earner by pulling down the wage payer. You cannot further the brotherhood of man by encouraging class hatred. You cannot help the poor by destroying the rich. You cannot keep out of trouble by spending more than you earn. You cannot 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.
Jonathan R. Mauk Warsaw, via e-mail
Editor's note: The above quotation is actually from the Rev. William John Henry Boetcker, but has falsely been attributed to Lincoln for decades (see Snopes.com (link) and the Illinois Historic Preservation Agency (link), among other sources).
