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

Topics: Labor Quotes

And in the end it's not the years in your life that count. It's the...

And in the end it's not the years in your life that count. It's the...

With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right as God...

With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right as God...

My great concern is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with...

My great concern is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with...

Tact is the ability to describe others as they see themselves.

Tact is the ability to describe others as they see themselves.

Am I not destroying my enemies when I make friends of them?

Am I not destroying my enemies when I make friends of them?

As an individual who undertakes to live by borrowing, soon finds his original means devoured...

As an individual who undertakes to live by borrowing, soon finds his original means devoured...

The shepherd drives the wolf from the sheep's for which the sheep thanks the shepherd...

The shepherd drives the wolf from the sheep's for which the sheep thanks the shepherd...

Die when I may, I want it said by those who knew me best that...

Die when I may, I want it said by those who knew me best that...

Our strife pertains to ourselves - to the passing generations of men; and it can...

Our strife pertains to ourselves - to the passing generations of men; and it can...

All that I am, or hope to be, I owe to my angel mother

All that I am, or hope to be, I owe to my angel mother

I destroy my enemies when I make them my friends.

I destroy my enemies when I make them my friends.

When I do good, I feel good. When I do bad, I feel bad. Thats...

When I do good, I feel good. When I do bad, I feel bad. Thats...

I walk slowly, but I never walk backward.

I walk slowly, but I never walk backward.

I can not deny that all may be swept away. Broken by it, I, too,...

I can not deny that all may be swept away. Broken by it, I, too,...

The probability that we may fail in the struggle ought not to deter us from...

The probability that we may fail in the struggle ought not to deter us from...

Whenever there is a conflict between human rights and property rights, human rights must prevail

Whenever there is a conflict between human rights and property rights, human rights must prevail

Democracy is the government of the people, by the people, for the people

Democracy is the government of the people, by the people, for the people

My father taught me to work; he did not teach me to love it. I...

My father taught me to work; he did not teach me to love it. I...

So I was in my car, and I was driving along, and my boss rang...

So I was in my car, and I was driving along, and my boss rang...

I slept like a log last night. I woke up in the fireplace.

I slept like a log last night. I woke up in the fireplace.