Capital

Famous quotes containing the word capital:

“It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data.”
—Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859–1930)

“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)

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