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kentuck

(111,051 posts)
Sun Jul 29, 2012, 03:17 PM Jul 2012

Every so often, this quote by Abe Lincoln seems appropriate...

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 higher consideration.

Abraham Lincoln, 1861

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It's good to know that the founder of the modern Republican Party agrees with those in the Democratic Party morese than those in the Republican Party. Unless you do all the labor and distribution by yourself, Lincoln would disagree that you "built it all by yourself"...

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Every so often, this quote by Abe Lincoln seems appropriate... (Original Post) kentuck Jul 2012 OP
Always Appropriate, Sir The Magistrate Jul 2012 #1
Yes, Sir... kentuck Jul 2012 #2
K&R. Yes please! Overseas Jul 2012 #3
A basic principle that we've abandoned. The fight over this was very heated and went on Egalitarian Thug Jul 2012 #4
Dirty Commie Pinko. progressoid Jul 2012 #5

The Magistrate

(95,241 posts)
1. Always Appropriate, Sir
Sun Jul 29, 2012, 03:25 PM
Jul 2012

And it is amazing that anyone ever tries seriously to argue with it....

"Romney loves America like a tick loves a dog."

 

Egalitarian Thug

(12,448 posts)
4. A basic principle that we've abandoned. The fight over this was very heated and went on
Sun Jul 29, 2012, 06:03 PM
Jul 2012

for quite some time. Fascinating reading.

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