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"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 establish security by borrowing money."
"You cannot help the poor by destroying the rich."
"You cannot build character and courage by taking away one's initiative and incentive."
"You cannot help individuals permanently by doing for them what they should do for themselves."
We will be watching for the dot-connection between those principles and proposed GOP policies. (And as a commenter points out, Steele is using a quote without attribution. The actual author appears to be a Presbyterian minister named William J. H. Boetcker. Don't we call that plagiarism? Which is not a timeless value...)
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