Abraham Lincoln actually said...

I repeat the recommendation of my predecessor in his annual message to Congress in December last in regard to the disposition of the surplus...

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 exis...

The execution of the laws for the suppression of the African slave trade has been confided to the Department of the Interior.

Labor is prior to and independent of capital.