Abraham Lincoln said this:

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"The money powers prey upon the nation in times of peace

and conspire against it in times of adversity.

It is more despotic than a monarchy, more insolent than

autocracy, and more selfish than bureaucracy.

It denounces as public enemies, all who question its

methods or throw light upon its crimes. I have two great

enemies, the Southern Army in front of me and the Bankers

in the rear. Of the two, the one at my rear is my greatest

foe. corporations have been enthroned and an era of

corruption in high places will follow, and the money powers

of the country will endeavor to prolong its reign by

working upon the prejudices of the people until the wealth

is aggregated in the hands of a few, and the Republic is

destroyed."