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If you divorce capital from labor, capital is hoarded, and labor starves.

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Daniel Webster
Age: 70 †
Born: 1782
Born: January 18
Died: 1852
Died: October 25
Diplomat
Former United States Senator
Lawyer
Politician
Salisbury
New Hampshire
Economy
Wisdom
Politics
Starves
Money
Hoarded
Liberalism
Divorce
Capital
Labor

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