Maxims from a "dead white guy"? Nah, Dem leaders say he was a loon

Some "old white male"--someone you may have heard of--is reported to have said...something:

“You can't help the poor by destroying the rich.
  You can't strengthen the weak by weakening the strong.
  You can't bring about prosperity by discouraging thrift.
  You can't lift the wage earner up by pulling the wage payer down.
  You can't further the brotherhood of man by inciting class hatred.
  You can't build character and courage by taking away people's initiative and independence.
  You can't help people permanently by doing for them what they could and should do for themselves.”

Of course the leaders of the congressional Democrats--and every Dem presidential candidate--think all these statements are horse-shit.  They absolutely, totally disagree with every one of the above statements.

Cuz according to liberals and socialists and SJWs, "old white males" can't teach us modern types a damn thing.

BTW, not that anyone cares, but the "old white male" who said this was...Abraham Lincoln.

But hey, what did he know, eh?