With Labor Day almost upon us, we should consider the following quote from President Abraham Lincoln’s first annual message to Congress on Dec. 3, 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. Capital has its rights, which are as worthy of protection as any other rights. Nor is it denied that there is, and probably always will be, a relation between labor and capital producing mutual benefits.”
Labor Day is an opportunity to honor American labor that has been responsible for American greatness.