Abraham Lincoln actually 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. Labor is the superior of capital, and deserves much the..."

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

"I therefore recommend, as a military measure, that Congress provide for the construction of such road as speedily as possible."

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