{"id":59935,"date":"2004-03-14T21:01:00","date_gmt":"2004-03-15T03:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/?p=59935"},"modified":"2023-03-14T21:02:54","modified_gmt":"2023-03-15T02:02:54","slug":"the-ten-cannots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/the-ten-cannots\/","title":{"rendered":"The Ten Cannots"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\tby William J. H. Boetcker (1916)\nYou cannot bring about prosperity by discouraging thrift.
\nYou cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong
\nYou cannot help the poor man by destroying the rich.
\nYou cannot further the brotherhood of man by inciting class hatred.
\nYou cannot build character and courage by taking away man’s initiative and independence.
\nYou cannot help small men by tearing down big men.
\nYou cannot lift the wage earner by pulling down the wage payer.
\nYou cannot keep out of trouble by spending more than your income.
\nYou cannot establish security on borrowed money.
\nYou cannot help men permanently by doing for them what they will not do for themselves.<\/em>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

by William J. H. Boetcker (1916) You cannot bring about prosperity by discouraging thrift. You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong You cannot help the poor man by destroying the rich. You cannot further the brotherhood of man by inciting class hatred. You cannot build character and courage by taking away man’s initiative…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[27],"tags":[194,642,258],"class_list":["post-59935","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-article","tag-benevolence","tag-christianity","tag-money-management"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":14956,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/im-depressed-and-about-to-be-homeless-at-64-years-old-i-cannot-live-like-this\/","url_meta":{"origin":59935,"position":0},"title":"I’m depressed and about to be homeless. 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