Labor is prior to, and independent of, capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never have existed if labor had not first existed. Labor is the superior of capital, and deserves much the higher consideration.

Quote by Abraham Lincoln

Allow the president to invade a neighboring nation, whenever he shall deem it necessary to...

Allow the president to invade a neighboring nation, whenever he shall deem it necessary to...

If you call a tail a leg, how many legs does a horse have? Four,...

If you call a tail a leg, how many legs does a horse have? Four,...

No matter how much the cats fight, there always seem to be plenty of kittens.

No matter how much the cats fight, there always seem to be plenty of kittens.

Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it...

Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it...

I dont know who my grandfather was; I am much more concerned to know what...

I dont know who my grandfather was; I am much more concerned to know what...

I will prepare and some day my chance will come.

I will prepare and some day my chance will come.

With public sentiment, nothing can fail. Without it, nothing can succeed.

With public sentiment, nothing can fail. Without it, nothing can succeed.

If we could first know where we are, and whither we are tending, we could...

If we could first know where we are, and whither we are tending, we could...

Allow the president to invade a neighboring nation, whenever he shall deem it necessary to...

Allow the president to invade a neighboring nation, whenever he shall deem it necessary to...

A statesman is he who thinks in the future generations, and a politician is he...

A statesman is he who thinks in the future generations, and a politician is he...

You have to do your own growing no matter how tall your grandfather was.

You have to do your own growing no matter how tall your grandfather was.

The United States government must not undertake to run the Churches. When an individual, in...

The United States government must not undertake to run the Churches. When an individual, in...

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

Stand with anybody that stands right, stand with him while he is right and part...

Stand with anybody that stands right, stand with him while he is right and part...

A friend is one who has the same enemies as you have.

A friend is one who has the same enemies as you have.

I care not much for a man's religion whose dog and cat are not the...

I care not much for a man's religion whose dog and cat are not the...

A woman is the only thing I am afraid of that I know will not...

A woman is the only thing I am afraid of that I know will not...

Force is all-conquering, but its victories are short-lived.

Force is all-conquering, but its victories are short-lived.

Perhaps not willingly, but pain can make a man do things he wouldn't willingly do.

Perhaps not willingly, but pain can make a man do things he wouldn't willingly do.

Man masters nature not by force but by understanding. This is why science has succeeded...

Man masters nature not by force but by understanding. This is why science has succeeded...