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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You can fool all the people some of the time, and some of the people all the time, but you cannot fool all the people all the time. – Abraham Lincoln

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The things I want to know are in books my best friend is the man wholl get me a book I aint read. – Abraham Lincoln

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I do the very best I know how – the very best I can and I mean to keep on doing so until the end. – Abraham Lincoln

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A leader is a dealer in hope. – Napoleon Bonaparte

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Lincoln had faith in time, and time has justified his faith. – Benjamin Harrison

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A pessimist is one who makes difficulties of his opportunities and an optimist is one who makes opportunities of his difficulties. – Harry Truman

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I not only use all the brains that I have, but all that I can borrow. – Woodrow Wilson

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Who recalls when folks got along without something if it cost too much? – Kin Hubbard

If you treat people right they will treat you right… ninety percent of the time. – Franklin D. Roosevelt

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But Fielding lived when the days were longer (for time, like money, is measured by our needs), when summer afternoons were spacious, and the clock ticked slowly in the winter evenings. – George Eliot, Middlemarch

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Candor is a compliment it implies equality. Its how true friends talk. – Peggy Noonan

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