Friday, February 25, 2011
Quote Of The Day
Feb 25th, 2011
"We can either have democracy in this country or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of a few; but we can't have both." -- Louis Brandeis
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"There is looming up a dark new power ... The enterprises of the country are aggregating vast corporate combinations of unexampled capital, boldly marking, not for economic conquest only, but for political power. For the first time in our politics, money is taking the field of organized power. The question will arise, and arise in your day though perhaps not fully in mine: "Which shall rule -- wealth or man? Which shall lead -- money or intellect? Who shall fill public stations -- educated and patriotic free men, or the feudal serfs of corporate wealth?" Edward Ryan 1873
ReplyDeleteGrey, we blog about this today at the book. Hope you are well.