“The workingmen are the basis of all governments, for the plain reason that they are the more numerous”
Abraham Lincoln
“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.”
“The longer I live, the more convincing proofs I see of this truth: that God governs in the affairs of men. And if a sparrow cannot fall to the ground without His notice, is it probable that an empire can rise without his aid?”
Benjamin Franklin
“Property is the fruit of labor; property is desirable; it is a positive good in the world.”
“Equal rights for all, special privileges for none”
Thomas Jefferson
“Would you persuade, speak of interest, not of reason.”
“The philosophy of the school room in one generation will be the philosophy of government in the next.”
