Capital

Famous quotes containing the word capital:

“I should not regret a fair and full trial of the entire abolition of capital punishment.”
—James Madison (1751–1836)

“We make needless ado about capital punishment,—taking lives, when there is no life to take.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

“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 (1809–1865)