Le capital est seulement le fruit du travail et il n'aurait jamais pu exister si le travail n'avait tout d'abord existé.

Premier message annuel au Congrès, 1861. 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 de Abraham Lincoln