Compassionate conservatism is a trick to get power. Abraham Lincoln, founder of the Republican Party, knew better too. Compassionate conservatism violates Heavens higher labor laws, and such violations will never produce prosperity. Lincoln recognized another principle. The preservation of property, then, is a primary object of the social compact . . .
Compassionate conservatism is immoral and unconstitutional.
But it was Congressmen Davy Crockett, in the early 1800 s who probably taught the best lesson of all. Congress has no power to appropriate this money as an act of charity. Every member upon this floor knows it. Mr. Speaker, I have said we have the right to give as much money of our own as we please. I am the poorest man on this floor.