 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.  The Wisdom of Abraham Lincoln - Página 57por Abraham Lincoln - 1908 - 117 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | Albert Richard Parsons, Lucy Eldine Parsons - 1903 - 410 páginas
...flag. Suspended above the center of the platform was a large canvas, on which was the motto : "Labor is prior to and independent of capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor, and never could have existed had not labor first existed. Labor is much the superior and deserves much... | |
 | Jesse Harper - 1904 - 420 páginas
...currency and over the money system of the country." President Lincoln said, in his second message: "Labor is prior to and independent of capital. Capital is...labor had not first existed. Labor is the superior and deserves much the higher consideration." Having thus shown, in brief, the supremacy of labor and... | |
 | Walter Thomas Mills - 1904 - 652 páginas
...capital upon an equal footing with, if not above, labor in the structure of government. • * * Labor is prior to, and independent of, capital. Capital...labor, and could never have existed if labor had not existed. Labor is the superior of capital, and deserves much the higher .consideration. The prudent,... | |
 | United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary - 1904 - 730 páginas
...annual message to Congress Mr. Lincoln expresses the game idea in different language. He paid: "Labor is prior to and independent of capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor. Capital could never have existed if labor had not first existed. Labor is the superior of capital,... | |
 | Walter Thomas Mills - 1904 - 652 páginas
...independent of, capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never have existed if labor had not existed. Labor is the superior of capital, and deserves much the higher .consideration. The prudent, penniless beginner in the world labors for wages a while, saves a surplus with which to... | |
 | State Bar Association of North Dakota - 1909 - 1020 páginas
...general view of life of most of the judges have made this inevitable. President Lincoln said: "Labor is prior to and independent of capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor; it could never have existed, if labor had not existed first. Labor is the superior of capital and deserves... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - 1906 - 476 páginas
...hired laborer. Both these assumptions are false, and all inferences from them are groundless. "Labor is prior to, and independent of, capital. Capital...is, and probably always will be, a relation between capital and labor, producing mutual benefits. The error is in assuming that the whole labor of a community... | |
 | Michael Parenti - 1996 - 300 páginas
...price, money is their nominal price only." The first Republican president, Abraham Lincoln, said: "Labor is prior to and independent of capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor and could not have existed had not labor first existed. Labor is the superior of capital and deserves much the... | |
 | John Downing Weaver - 1997 - 308 páginas
...Kansas, on August 31, Roosevelt touched off a lively debate with a brief, borrowed paragraph: "Labor is prior to and independent of, capital. Capital is...capital, and deserves much the higher consideration." He was quoting Abraham Lincoln. The judiciary should be "interested primarily in human welfare, rather... | |
 | Robert Andrews - 1997 - 666 páginas
...(1882-1944) French author, diplomat. The President, in The Madwoman of Chaillot, act 1 (1945). Labor is prior to, and independent of, capital. Capital...capital, and deserves much the higher consideration. ABRAHAM LINCOLN, (1809-1865) US president. First Annual Message to Congress, Collected Works of Abraham... | |
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