"Of all forms of tyranny the least attractive and the most
vulgar is the tyranny of mere wealth, the tyranny of
plutocracy"
- John Pierpont Morgan

"I hope we shall crush in its birth the aristocracy of our
moneyed corporations, which dare already to challenge our
government to a trial of strength and bid defiance to the
laws of our country."
- Thomas Jefferson


"I see in the near future a crisis approaching that unnerves
me and causes me to tremble for the safety of my country.
As a result of the war, corporations have been enthroned
and an era of corruption in high places will follow, and the
money power of the country will endeavor to prolong its
reign by working upon the prejudices of the people until all
wealth is aggregated in a few hands and the Republic is
destroyed. I feel at this moment more anxiety for the safety
of my country than ever before, even in the midst of war.
God grant that my suspicions may prove groundless."
- U.S. President Abraham Lincoln, Nov. 21, 1864