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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.” Abraham Lincoln, State of the Union Address
“The highest use of capital is not to make more money, but to make money do more service for the betterment of life.” Henry Ford, My Life and Work
“The modern history of capital dates from the creation in the 16th century of a world-embracing commerce and a world-embracing market.” Karl Marx, Das Kapital
“Capital is dead labour, that, vampire-like, only lives by sucking living labour, and lives the more, the more labour it sucks.” Karl Marx, Das Kapital
“It is not by augmenting the capital of the country, but by rendering a greater part of that capital active and productive than would otherwise be so, that the most judicious operations of banking can increase the industry of the country.” Adam Smith, The Wealth of Nations
“Hence Capital is reckless of the health or length of life of the labourer, unless under compulsion from society.” Karl Marx, Das Kapital

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