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"A great industrial nation is controlled by it's system of credit. Our system of credit is concentrated in the hands of a few men. We have come to be one of the worst ruled, one of the most completely controlled and dominated governments in the world--no longer a government of free opinion, no longer a government by conviction and vote of the majority, but a government by the opinion and duress of small groups of dominant men." --President Woodrow Wilson after signing the fed into existence. (there are some variations of this quote on the web, some say I am a most unhappy man at the beginning, but not sure if that's valid)
"From now on, depressions will be scientifically created." -- Congressman Charles A. Lindbergh Sr. , 1913
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