Labor is prior to, and independent of,capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could not have existed if labor had not first existed. Labor is the superior of capital, and deserves much the higher consideration.
Lincoln in the Annual Message to Congress, December 3, 1861
The photograph shows Lincoln as president-elect; it is one of a series taken on February 23, 1861; from The History Place.
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