Quote by Abraham Lincoln
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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Our defense is in the preservation of the spirit which prizes liberty as a heritage of all men, in all lands, everywhere. Destroy this spirit and you have planted the seeds of despotism around your own doors. – Abraham Lincoln

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All my life I have tried to pluck a thistle and plant a flower wherever the flower would grow in thought and mind. – Abraham Lincoln

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Let us have faith that right makes might, and in that faith, let us, to the end, dare to do our duty as we understand it. – Abraham Lincoln

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A morsel of genuine history is a thing so rare as to be always valuable. – Thomas Jefferson

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Collecting more taxes than is absolutely necessary is legalized robbery. – Calvin Coolidge

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