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The prudent, penniless beginne...

The prudent, penniless beginner in the world, labors for wages awhile, saves a surplus with which to buy tools or land, for himself; then labors on his own account another while, and at length hires another new beginner to help him. This, say its advocates, is free labor-the just and generous, and prosperous system, which opens the way for all-gives hope to all, and energy, and progress, and improvement of condition to all.

Abraham Lincoln 1446 quotes

No country can sustain, in idl...

No country can sustain, in idleness, more than a small percentage of its numbers. The great majority must labor at something productive.

Abraham Lincoln 1446 quotes

Labor is the true standard of ...

Labor is the true standard of value.

Abraham Lincoln 1446 quotes

The world is agreed that labor...

The world is agreed that labor is the source from which human wants are mainly supplied. There is no dispute upon this point.

Abraham Lincoln 1446 quotes

I am always for the man who wi...

I am always for the man who wishes to work.

Abraham Lincoln 1446 quotes

If at any time all labour shou...

If at any time all labour should cease, and all existing provisions be equally divided among the people, at the end of a single year there could scarcely be one human being left alive--all would have perished by want of subsistence.

Abraham Lincoln 1446 quotes

Labor is the great source from...

Labor is the great source from which nearly all, if not all, human comforts and necessities are drawn.

Abraham Lincoln 1446 quotes

Wanting to work is so rare a m...

Wanting to work is so rare a merit, that it should be encouraged.

Abraham Lincoln 1446 quotes

Beavers build houses; but they...

Beavers build houses; but they build them in nowise differently, or better now, than they did, five thousand years ago. Ants, and honey-bees, provide food for winter; but just in the same way they did, when Solomon referred the sluggard to them as patterns of prudence. Man is not the only animal who labors; but he is the only one who improves his workmanship.

Abraham Lincoln 1446 quotes

Upon this subject, the habits ...

Upon this subject, the habits of our whole species fall into three great classes--useful labour, useless labour and idleness. Of these the first only is meritorious; and to it all the products of labour rightfully belong; but the two latter, while they exist, are heavy pensioners upon the first, robbing it of a large portion of it's just rights. The only remedy for this is to, as far as possible, drive useless labour and idleness out of existence.

Abraham Lincoln 1446 quotes

Work, work, work, is the main ...

Work, work, work, is the main thing.

Abraham Lincoln 1446 quotes

And I am glad to know that the...

And I am glad to know that there is a system of labor - where the laborer can strike if he wants to! I would to God that such a system prevailed all over the world.

Abraham Lincoln 1446 quotes

If you intend to go to work th...

If you intend to go to work there is no better place than right where you are; if you do not intend to go to work, you can not get along anywhere.

Abraham Lincoln 1446 quotes

I don't believe in a law to pr...

I don't believe in a law to prevent a man from getting rich; it would do more harm than good. So while we do not propose any war upon capital, we do wish to allow the humblest man an equal chance to get rich with everybody else.

Abraham Lincoln 1446 quotes

Half finished work generally p...

Half finished work generally proves to be labor lost.

Abraham Lincoln 1446 quotes

And, inasmuch [as] most good t...

And, inasmuch [as] most good things are produced by labour, it follows that all such things of right belong to those whose labour has produced them. But it has so happened in all ages of the world, that some have laboured, and others have, without labour, enjoyed a large proportion of the fruits. This is wrong, and should not continue. To [secure] to each labourer the whole product of his labour, or as nearly as possible, is a most worthy object of any good government.

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The working men are the basis ...

The working men are the basis of all governments, for the plain reason that they are the most numerous...

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The leading rule for the lawye...

The leading rule for the lawyer, as for the man of every other calling, is diligence. Leave nothing for to-morrow [sic] which can be done to-day [sic]. Never let your correspondence fall behind. Whatever piece of business you have in hand, before stopping, do all the labor pertaining to it which can then be done.

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Law is nothing else but the be...

Law is nothing else but the best reason of wise men applied for ages to the transactions and business of mankind.

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Let reverence for the laws, be...

Let reverence for the laws, be breathed by every American mother, to the lisping babe, that prattles on her lap - let it be taught in schools, in seminaries, and in colleges; let it be written in Primmers, spelling books, and in Almanacs; let it be preached from the pulpit, proclaimed in legislative halls, and enforced in courts of justice.

Abraham Lincoln 1446 quotes

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