Wednesday, November 5, 2008

Some major wisdom....

Hey guys. Again, thanks for joining. Thought I would pop in and leave some thoughts. I've seen these 10 Cannot's all over the place but I've never really given them much thought. In light of the election, they are incredibly profound.

  • You cannot bring about prosperity by discouraging thrift.
  • You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong.
  • You cannot help the poor man by destroying the rich.
  • You cannot further the brotherhood of man by inciting class hatred.
  • You cannot build character and courage by taking away man's initiative and independence.
  • You cannot help small men by tearing down big men.
  • You cannot lift the wage earner by pulling down the wage payer.
  • You cannot keep out of trouble by spending more than your income.
  • You cannot establish security on borrowed money.
  • You cannot help men permanently by doing for them what they will not do for themselves.
Okay, now go back and read all of those again. I'm amazed by the simple logic here. These are some of the core principles of conservatism. So wise, yet so logical. These are the tenants we need to promote as we begin to revitalize the conservative base. Principles of hard work, personal responsibility, and fiscal accountability. This is what the new president-elect's policies are missing.

In case you were wondering, these pearls of wisdom were written by a man who saw them in action before our time. William J. H. Boetcker was born in Hamburg, Germany in 1873. He is well-known as one of the first motivational speakers, regarded as a forerunner for Tony Robbins. He was also a Presbyterian minister, and regularly used his morals and values as solid frameworks for his political ideas. He gained a reputation as a conservative speaker when he published the above "10 Cannot's" in 1916. You may recognize them from Reagan's 1992 Republican Convention speech.

7 comments:

Anonymous said...

Thanks so much for this. Very wise words to live by.

Anonymous said...

I will definitely be coming back here often

Lillith2008 said...

Thanks for starting this and I am with you.

Anonymous said...

i'm so happy to have found you through my 'Fred sisters'... we are a large group...and we're ready to act!

Anonymous said...

nice thoughts you provided. Thanks

Unknown said...

What does everyone think about the media bias towards Prop 8 now? How many times does this have to come up to vote?

Maybe this can be something we all begin to address asap.

Thanks for starting this group. I'm going to start quoting the 10 Cannots too! I love it!

Anonymous said...

I agree, there is probably more than we can add just reading through and even consolidate parts. This is a great start!