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 help the poor by
discouraging the rich. You cannot establish sound security on borrowed
money. You cannot keep out of trouble by spending more than you earn. You
cannot build character and courage by taking away man’s initiative and
independence. You cannot help men permanently by doing for them what they
could and should do for themselves.

-Abraham Lincoln