This is the page where I share some of the gems I have found that point a light on why I hold the political opinions I do.

One of my favorite political aphorisms is as follows:

"You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong. You cannot help small men by tearing down big men. You cannot help the poor by destroying the rich. 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 further the brotherhood of man by inciting class hatreds. You cannot build character and courage by taking away a man's initiative and independence. You cannot help men permanently by doing for them what they could and should do for themselves."

Abraham Lincoln expanding on an original quote by Rev. William John Henry Boetcker