Famous quotes containing the words independent and/or states:
“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.”
—Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865)
“I would like to be the first ambassador to the United States from the United States.”
—Barbara Mikulski (b. 1936)