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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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There is another old poet whose name I do not now remember who said, Truth is the daughter of Time. – Abraham Lincoln

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To correct the evils, great and small, which spring from want of sympathy and from positive enmity among strangers, as nations or as individuals, is one of the highest functions of civilization. – Abraham Lincoln

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I hope to stand firm enough to not go backward, and yet not go forward fast enough to wreck the countrys cause. – Abraham Lincoln

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Too often we… enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought. – John F. Kennedy

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Sensible and responsible women do not want to vote. The relative positions to be assumed by man and woman in the working out of our civilization were assigned long ago by a higher intelligence than ours. – Grover Cleveland, 1905

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If you are as happy, my dear sir, on entering this house as I am in leaving it and returning home, you are the happiest man in this country. – James Buchanan to Abraham Lincoln, 1861

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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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We do not want riches, we want peace and love. – Red Cloud

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I would also like to act, once in a while, but not get up every morning at 5:30 or six oclock and pound into the studio and get home at 7:30 or eight oclock at night, or act over and over and over every night on Broadway, either. – Jackie Cooper

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Happiness? No, its not there for me. – Robert Mapplethorpe

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I was 16 years old, driving to LA, and sleeping in my car, just trying to make it happen. – Nick Cannon

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