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Who said: "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...."

Hint1: It was more than 150 years ago.

Hint2: It was NOT Marx.

Being the font of historical trivia that I am - Abraham Lincoln.

Duncan Edwards wrote:Being the font of historical trivia that I am - Abraham Lincoln.

Yes, that is correct. It was toward the end of his first inaugural speech