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Originally Posted by East Coast Elitist  pretty heavily edited, huh?
"A great industrial nation is controlled by its system of credit. Our system of credit is privately concentrated. The growth of the nation, therefore, and all our activities are in the hands of a few men who, even if their action be honest and intended for the public interest, are necessarily concentrated upon the great undertakings in which their own money is involved and who necessarily, by very reason of their own limitations, chill and check and destroy genuine economic freedom."
Excerpt from 1912 campaign speech | There appears to be some doubt about that one quotation from Wilson. But, as you know, there can be little doubt about the many others contained here:
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Last edited by Almanac; 25th November 2008 at 12:05 AM.
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