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Posted on 04/17/2010 5:25:49 PM PDT by jessduntno
THE TEN CAN NOTS
By Reverend William J.H. Boetcker (1916)
You cannot bring about prosperity by discouraging thrift.
You cannot help small people by tearing down big people.
You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong.
You cannot lift 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 your income.
You cannot further the brotherhood of man by inciting class hatred.
You cannot establish security on borrowed money.
You cannot build character and courage by taking away peoples initiative and independence.
You cannot help people permanently by doing for them what they could and should do for themselves.
I try to keep these around...
A great post. America doesn’t listen to anyone preaching from the bible anymore....
I haven’t seen it.
Thanks for posting.
Also,The Seven National Crimes.
I don’t think.
I don’t know.
I don’t care.
I am too busy.
I leave well enough alone.
I have no time to read and find out.
I am not interested
If this were on Facebook, I’d click “like”. And I’m posting it there now. Thanks!
William John Henry Boetcker (1873–1962) was an American religious leader and influential public speaker.
Born in Hamburg, Germany, he was ordained a Presbyterian minister soon after his arrival in the United States as a young adult. He quickly gained attention as an eloquent motivational speaker, and is often regarded today as the forerunner of such contemporary “success coaches” as Anthony Robbins.
An outspoken political conservative, Rev. Boetcker is perhaps best remembered for his authorship of a pamphlet entitled The Ten Cannots. Originally published in 1916, it is often misattributed to Abraham Lincoln. The error apparently stems from a leaflet printed in 1942 by a conservative political organization called the Committee for Constitutional Government. The leaflet bore the title “Lincoln on Limitations” and contained some genuine Lincoln quotations on one side and the “Ten Cannots” on the other, with the attributions switched. The mistake of crediting Lincoln for having been the source of “The Ten Cannots” has been repeated many times since, most notably by Ronald Reagan in a speech he gave at the 1992 Republican convention in Houston.[1]
Boetcker also spoke of the “Seven National Crimes”:-[citation needed]
* I don’t think.
* I don’t know.
* I don’t care.
* I am too busy.
* I leave well enough alone.
* I have no time to read and find out.
* I am not interested.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_J.H._Boetcker
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The usurper is doing the exact opposite.
“The usurper is doing the exact opposite.”
Pure coincidence, I am sure.
New to me, so thanks. Nearly 100 years later we still can’t seem to learn these simple truths...
“If this were on Facebook, I’d click “like”. And I’m posting it there now. Thanks!”
I’ve throw it out there a few times meself...glad you liked it...I couldn’t remember seeing it much of late.
Notice that he set this forth in the midst of “the Progressive Era”—the first time we had a fascist President (though Wilson preceded the name “fascist” by about a decade, the Fascists and Nazis copied him).
For years, this circulated as having been written by Abraham Lincoln. As I recall, somebody traced the misattribution to something like a fan (the type funeral homes used to distribute in the summertime), which had Lincoln’s picture on one side, and these aphorisms on the other.
I read this out loud just last night to a group of conservatives we hosted for a “support and encouragement” get together at our house.
He lived in a wagon down by the river.
Good stuff!
ping
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