[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 71 (Tuesday, May 2, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H4448]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




         BRINGING TOGETHER THAT WHICH THE AMERICAN PEOPLE WANT

  (Mr. HOKE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. HOKE. Mr. Speaker, we come back fresh, relaxed; refreshed in the 
spirit of good will, working together, feeling good; feeling good about 
having been away, frankly, away from the partisan ship, away from the 
negativity, away from the acrimony. And we come back with the high 
hopes for balancing our budget, for bringing together the things that 
the American people want.
  I am reminded of something that Abraham Lincoln said over 100 years 
ago, and I wanted to share it with the House in the hopes that it might 
encourage my colleagues to bring this spirit in the next 100 days.
  He said: ``You can't bring about prosperity by discouraging thrift. 
You can't strengthen the weak by weakening the strong. You can't help 
the wage earner by pulling down the wage payer. You can't further the 
brotherhood of man by encouraging class hatred. You can't keep out of 
trouble by spending more than you earn. You can't 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.''


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