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Labor is prior to, and independent of, capital. Capital is only th

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. – Abraham Lincoln

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I remember my mother’s prayers and they have always followed me. They have clung to me all my life. – Abraham Lincoln

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He raised his hands, not to strike, but in benediction. Lincoln was the grandest figure of the fiercest civil war. He is the gentlest memory of our world. – Robert G. Ingersoll

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I am rather inclined to silence, and whether that be wise or not, it is at least more unusual nowadays to find a man who can hold his tongue than to find one who cannot. – Abraham Lincoln

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We cannot do everything at once, but we can do something at once. – Calvin Coolidge

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