“O trabalho é mais importante e é independente do capital. O capital é apenas o fruto do trabalho, e não existiria sem ele. O trabalho é superior ao capital e merece a consideração mais elevada.”
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 higher consideration.
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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 higher consideration.
Fonte: 1860s, First State of the Union address (1861)
Contexto: 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 higher consideration. Capital has its rights, which are as worthy of protection as any other rights. Nor is it denied that there is, and probably always will be, a relation between labor and capital producing mutual benefits. The error is in assuming that the whole labor of community exists within that relation.
Abraham Lincoln 105
16° Presidente dos Estados Unidos 1809–1865Citações relacionadas
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