 | Allan H. Keith - Socialism - 1992 - 80 pages
...Lincoln said: "These capitalists generally act harmoniously, 63 64 and in concert, to fleece the people." "Labor is prior to and independent of capital. Capital...first existed. Labor is the superior of capital, and man deserves much the higher consideration. " Here is another quote from Abraham Lincoln (one that... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln, Paul McClelland Angle, Earl Schenck Miers - United States - 1992 - 692 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 existedthat labor can exist without capital, but that capital could never have existed without labor.... | |
 | Suzy Platt - Quotations, English - 1992 - 550 pages
...10, 1858.— The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, ed. Roy P. Basler, vol. 2, p. 498 (1953). 979 Labor is prior to, and independent of, capital. Capital...capital, and deserves much the higher consideration. President ABRAHAM LINCOLN, annual message to Congress, December 3, 1861.— The Collected Works of... | |
 | Julia Vitullo-Martin, J. Robert Moskin - Business & Economics - 1994 - 402 pages
...sucking living labor, and lives the more, the more labor it sucks." KARL MARX (Das Kapital, I, 1867) "Labor is prior to, and independent of, capital. Capital...capital, and deserves much the higher consideration." ABRAHAM LINCOLN (Message to Congress, December 3, 1861) CAPITALISM "It is now generally accepted that... | |
 | Paul Salstrom - Business & Economics - 1994 - 244 pages
...went so far as to imply that capital should be denied legal equality with labor. "Labor," he said, "is prior to, and independent of, capital. Capital...capital, and deserves much the higher consideration." 27 An extreme instance of expanding self-ownership of land, tools, and profits occurred in the eighteenth... | |
 | Holly Sklar - Business & Economics - 1995 - 238 pages
...No way, that is, under the rigged rules of corporate domination. PUTTING ECONOMICS IN HUMAN RIGHTS Labor is prior to, and independent of, capital. Capital...capital, and deserves much the higher consideration. President Abraham Lincoln, Message to Congress, December 3, 1861. The time has come for us to civilize... | |
 | David Herbert Donald - Biography & Autobiography - 1995 - 724 pages
...wants are mainly supplied." Labor was thus "prior to, and independent of, capital"; indeed "capital is the fruit of labor, and could never have existed if labor had not first existed." But capital, though derivative, performed a valuable service in a free society, because those who had... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln, G. S. Boritt - Biography & Autobiography - 1996 - 208 pages
...reprinted in Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, v. 3, p. 462. Rutgers University Press (1953, 1990). Labor is prior to, and independent of, capital. Capital...capital, and deserves much the higher consideration. "Annual Message to Congress," December 3, 1861, reprinted in Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, v.... | |
 | Michael Parenti - History - 1996 - 300 pages
...real 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... | |
 | Robert Andrews - Language Arts & Disciplines - 1997 - 666 pages
...GIRAUDOUX, (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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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. 
