You cannot help the poor by destroying the rich. You cannot lift the w…

Abraham Lincoln
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You cannot help the poor by destroying the rich. You cannot lift the wage earner by pulling down the wage payer. ✨ Martin D. Tullai, Abraham Lincoln (1998). Speaking of Abraham Lincoln
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