Wise Voting Will Make A Difference

The 2018 campaign for votes presents only people issues but our Constitution and our Bill of Rights are the real story. All future outcomes for the United States are yet to be determined. All possible outcomes rest squarely in the hands of the people and you and I will ultimately enable the growth or the destruction of our own futures. On November 6, Inalienable Rights and Liberty for all will either be nourished or they will begin to wither and die and Abraham Lincoln’s observation in his 1838 Lyceum Address will be proven correct. “We cannot be destroyed from without. It must spring up amongst us; it cannot come from abroad. If destruction be our lot we must ourselves be its author and finisher. As a nation of freemen we must live through all time or die by suicide.”

Now consider the Ten Cannots shown below. It was written in 1916, by William J. H. Boetcker, a German immigrant, a naturalized citizen and Presbyterian minister. His words remain unambiguous and true, even today.

The Ten Cannots: “You cannot bring about prosperity by discouraging thrift. You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong. You cannot help little men by tearing down big men. You cannot lift the wage earner by pulling down the wage payer. You cannot help the poor by destroying the rich. You cannot establish sound security on borrowed money. You cannot further the brotherhood of man by inciting class hatred. You cannot keep out of trouble by spending more than you earn. You cannot build character and courage by destroying men’s initiative and independence. You cannot help men permanently by doing for them what they can and should do for themselves.”

Consider here , the words from the biography of Leonardo DaVinci by Walter Isaacson : "No instant is self contained. Each moment incorporates what came right before and what is coming right after." Our national mid-term elections are scheduled for November 6. Prepare yourself for the instant you cast your vote for this nation's future. Vote with pride and choose wisely.