 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.  Complete Works - Page 52by Abraham Lincoln - 1894Full view - About this book
 | John Alexander Logan - 1886 - 912 pages
...false, and all inferences from them are groundless. " Labor is prior to, and independent of Capital. Capital is only the fruit of Labor, and could never...is, and probably always will be, a relation between Labor and Capital, producing mutual benefits. The error is in assuming that the whole Labor of the... | |
 | Allen Thorndike Rice - 1886 - 804 pages
...by no means excluding females." In 1854, he said : " Labor is prior to and independent of capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never...existed if labor had not first existed. Labor is the support of capital, and deserves much the higher consideration." In April of the same year, he said... | |
 | 1886 - 414 pages
...observer. Abraham Lincoln once said: ''Labor is prior to and independent of capital. Capital is but the fruit of labor, and could never have existed if labor had not first existed." But under present conditions, capital seems to feel an entire independence of labor, and to demand... | |
 | Henry Harrison Metcalf, John Norris McClintock - 1887 - 438 pages
...false, and all inferonces frwm them are ground leas. Labor is prior to and independent of cipital. Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never...first existed. Labor is the superior of capital, and deserve- much the higher >• t>eideration. Cunitrtl hat its right», which are a» worthy of protection... | |
 | Symmes M. Jelley - 1887 - 390 pages
...crime? President Lincoln said in his second message: "Labor is prior to and independent of capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor and could never...labor had not first existed. Labor is the superior and deserves much higher consideration." Webster said in his speech in 1837: "The interest of this... | |
 | George Sewall Boutwell - 1887 - 252 pages
...arms, by no means excluding females." In 1854, he said: "Labor is prior to and independent of capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never...existed if labor had not first existed. Labor is the support of capital, and deserves much the higher consideration." In April of the same year, he said... | |
 | Henry Harrison Metcalf, John Norris McClintock - 1887 - 476 pages
...are false, and all inferences frem them are groundless. Labor is prior to and independent of ciuital. Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never have existed if labor had not not existed. Labor ia the superior of capital, and deserves much the higher consideration. Capital... | |
 | Wisconsin Farmers' Institutes - 1910 - 328 pages
...groundless. They hold that labor is prior to, and independent of, capital; that, in fact, capital is the fruit of labor, and could never have existed if labor had not first existed — that labor can exist without capital, but that capital could never have existed without labor.... | |
 | 1887 - 436 pages
...are false, and all inferences from them are groundless. Labor is prior to and independent or capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never have existed it' labor had not first existed. Labor Is the superior of capital, and deserves much the higher consideration.... | |
 | John Robert Irelan - 1888 - 718 pages
...being fixed for life in the condition of a hired laborer. Labor is prior to and independent of capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never...capital, and deserves much the higher consideration. (First Annual Message.) The prudent, penniless beginner in the world labors for wages awhile, saves... | |
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