“What he was in FACT doing was moving the dirt around with a broom, to give it a change of scenery and a chance to make new friends.” – Terry Pratchett, Maskerade

“Labor is prior to, and independent of, capital; in fact, capital is the fruit of labor, and could never have existed if labor had not first existed. Labor can exist without capital, but capital could never have existed without labor.” – Abraham Lincoln, by way of Heather Cox Richardson’s “Letters from an American.”