You cannot lift the wage earner up by pulling the wage payer down. Author: Abraham Lincoln Copy Quote More from Abraham Lincoln “A universal feeling, whether well or ill-founded cannot be safely disregarded.” “Be not deceived. Revolutions do not go backward.” “Congressmen who willfully take action during wartime that damages morale and un…” “With educated people, I suppose, punctuation is a matter of rule; with me it is…”