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The Ten "You Cannots" Abraham Lincoln Did Not Say
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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/2bb8416a-0831-4d12-a4f1-531d203b5bf4/C4C318F3-571A-4EB1-BE2A-21FC60C736AB/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.cincinnatiskeptics.org/blurbs/lincoln-cannots.html" href="http://www.cincinnatiskeptics.org/blurbs/lincoln-cannots.html" style="font-size: 11px;">www.cincinnatiskeptics.org</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.cincinnatiskeptics.org/blurbs/lincoln-cannots.html"><P> There is a list of ten statements beginning with "You cannot .. ." that are popularly attributed to Abraham Lincoln, (1809 - 1865) Sixteenth President of the United States. They sound so wise and so much like things he would have said that they are frequently quoted and attributed to him in print. They are:</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.cincinnatiskeptics.org/blurbs/lincoln-cannots.html"><OL> <li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">You cannot bring about prosperity by discouraging thrift.</LI> <li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong</LI> <li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">You cannot help the poor man by destroying the rich.</LI> <li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">You cannot further the brotherhood of man by inciting class hatred.</LI> <li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">You cannot build character and courage by taking away man's initiative and independence.</LI> <li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">You cannot help small men by tearing down big men.</LI> <li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">You cannot lift the wage earner by pulling down the wage payer.</LI> <li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">You cannot keep out of trouble by spending more than your income.</LI> <li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">You cannot establish security on borrowed money.</LI> <li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">You cannot help men permanently by doing for them what they will not do for themselves.</LI> </OL></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.cincinnatiskeptics.org/blurbs/lincoln-cannots.html">But alas! Lincoln did not say these things. </blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;"> </td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/C4C318F3-571A-4EB1-BE2A-21FC60C736AB/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>
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