Bobo and Honest Abe

Bobo Brooks, The Populist Addiction New York Times 01/25/10:

In fact, this country was built by anti-populists. It was built by people like Alexander Hamilton and Abraham Lincoln who rejected the idea that the national economy is fundamentally divided along class lines.

Abraham Lincoln, Annual Message to Congress 12/03/1861:

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.

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