...right to enjoy power, or wealth, or position, or immunity, which has not been earned." Adding that "labor is the superior of capital, and deserves much the higher consideration," Roosevelt noted that these words were a quotation from Abraham Lincoln. 41 Roosevelt's third-party...

...labor was noted years ago by a Republican president. In a message to Congress, Abraham Lincoln stated: "Labor is prior to and independent of capital. Capital...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 higher consideration."...

...admiration and esteem with which Marx regarded him. In that message Lincoln had declared that "Labour is prior to, and independent of, Capital. Capital is only the fruit of Labour, and could never have existed if Labour had not first existed. Labour is the superior of Capital,...

...America. It was Lincoln, not Karl Marx, who said that "capital is the fruit of labor and could never have existed if labor had not first existed . . . labor is the superior — greatly the superior — of capital."32 Finally, from the nation's corpus of civic teachings —...

...nation from being added to that map I showed you of the Pacific Northwest Abraham Lincoln once said: 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. As you make your decision, please help us keep our...

...slavocracy and the debasement of labor represented by slavery. As Lincoln articulated this attitude: "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...

...Citizen-Based Claims for Shared Ownership of Common Wealth. Share the Wealth: Labor Owning Capital 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...

...well as its 'one' Compare this to Abraham Lincoln, in his first annual message to Congress (1861): '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...

...of property rights was the raison d'etre for government (id. at 37). Abraham Lincoln concurred that labor is prior to, and independent of, capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor and thus could not be without it. "Labor is the superior of capital, and deserves the higher consideration....

...indicating his grateful acceptance of membership. In his message to the Congress, December 1861, he wrote, "Labor is prior to and 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...