1. You cannot bring about prosperity by discouraging thrift.
2. You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong
3. You cannot help the poor man by destroying the rich.
4. You cannot further the brotherhood of man by inciting class hatred.
5. You cannot build character and courage by taking away man's initiative and independence.
6. You cannot help small men by tearing down big men.
7. You cannot lift the wage earner by pulling down the wage payer.
8. You cannot keep out of trouble by spending more than your income.
9. You cannot establish security on borrowed money.
10. You cannot help men permanently by doing for them what they will not do for themselves.

These are attributed to Lincoln, but they are actually the result of a minister written in about 1912.

For you creative Bloggers, I'll challenge you to create the 10 Commandments that Barack WILL be following. For Example:

1. The Government must protect the masses from speech which promotes individuality and personal responsibility. Therefore, we must pass the Fairness Doctrine to destroy talk radio.

2. The Government must provide free healthcare to everyone, regardless of their personal behavior. But the politburo is permitted to have the best healthcare.

3. The Government must control the masses from hurting themselves and thereby increasing healthcare costs, so we must confiscate all guns.

4. The Government must insure healthy union
memberships, so we must take away the right of a private vote for union organization meetings.

5. The Government must realize that the United Nations is the Supreme Authority here on Earth and must ignore any American interests which conflict with the UN.

6. The Government must be able to bankrupt any industry that it deems necessary in support of politically correct scientific studies that "feel" good.

7. The Government must punish those selfish individuals who work 70 hour work weeks, who continue their education in order to earn more, who invest their money and time in risky business ventures. Personal self interest is a sin.

8. The Government must be the sole and absolute source for all knowledge. Private schools and home schools are spreading evil lies about the Government and should be destroyed.

9. The Government must not be answerable to the people, since the Government is only answerable to itself.

10. The Government must not be hindered by the rule of law contained in the "fundamentally flawed" constitution which happened to be written by several rich white males.

Those are a few off the cuff remarks. I look forward to reading yours.