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

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

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

It has long been a grave question whether any government, not too strong for the...

It has long been a grave question whether any government, not too strong for the...

To sin by silence when they should protest makes cowards of men.

To sin by silence when they should protest makes cowards of men.

The Lord prefers common-looking people. That is why he makes so many of them.

The Lord prefers common-looking people. That is why he makes so many of them.

Fellow citizens, we cannot escape history

Fellow citizens, we cannot escape history

Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new...

Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new...

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...

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

You can fool all the people some of the time, and some of the people...

You can fool all the people some of the time, and some of the people...

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...

Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a mans character,...

Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a mans character,...

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

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

The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is...

The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is...

The only faith that wears well and holds its color in all weathers, is that...

The only faith that wears well and holds its color in all weathers, is that...

We must not promise what we ought not, lest we be called on to perform...

We must not promise what we ought not, lest we be called on to perform...

I don't know who my grandfather was; I'm much more concerned to know what his...

I don't know who my grandfather was; I'm much more concerned to know what his...

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...

What kills a skunk is the publicity it gives itself.

What kills a skunk is the publicity it gives itself.

Advertising is totally unnecessary. Unless you hope to make money.

Advertising is totally unnecessary. Unless you hope to make money.

We read advertisements... to discover and enlarge our desires. We are always ready - even...

We read advertisements... to discover and enlarge our desires. We are always ready - even...