Feb

12

2009

Notable Quotes – Benjamin Franklin

by Skip

 

I am for doing good to the poor, but I differ in opinion of the means.  I think the best way of doing good to the poor is not making them easy in poverty but leading or driving them out of it."

- Benjamin Franklin

I agree with the sentiment – it seems that a larger and larger percentage of our population, especially at the lower end, that have no problem in being taken care of.  Think I’m wrong?  Did you miss yesterday’s Obama’s lovefest where the hands were out saying "Big Government, what are you going to do for me?"

There is a small percentage that truly needs care by society all the time. But that, IMHO, is a much smaller percentage than many Liberals think (although perhaps, a tad larger than most conservatives think).  We should take care of them.

Some only need a helping hand up, and then they will take themselves further. We should do that.

Some need leading, and then more, and a bit more.  Most will get the idea – some will need more.  We should do that.

Some, indeed, need to be driven from their poverty.  1996 proved that to be true. 

And yes, we should do that.

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by Skip Murphy

Co-founder of GraniteGrok, my concern is around Individual Liberty and Freedom (and how Government is taking that away from us). My fight, from a Conservative (with small "L" libertarian leanings) and evangelical Christian perspective, is with the Progressives that are forcing a collectivized and secular humanistic future upon us. As TEA Party activist, citizen journalist (and pundit!), my goal is to use the New Media to advance the radical notions of America's Founders back into our culture again.

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  • http://www.battleforthesoulofcanada.blogspot.com Ed Hird

    Benjamin Franklin had a remarkable impact in so many ways. A Benjamin Franklin article just received the ‘Top 100 Electricity Blogs’ Award http://bit.ly/z8Ckp

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