Man Quotes
You can’t make a weak man strong by making a strong man weak.
"You can’t make a weak man strong by making a strong man weak."— Abraham Lincoln
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Meaning of this quote
The saying challenges helping one group by merely damaging another. It belongs to a particular political argument about prosperity and dependency.
Key takeaway:
Assess whether a proposed solution creates capability rather than only redistributing harm.
Origin of the quote
Adaptation of William J. H. Boetcker’s statement about strengthening the weak.
Who actually said this?
Likely misattributedPBS identifies the Ten Points as Boetcker’s work, not Lincoln’s. The posted sentence is a paraphrase of one point.
