Concentration of Wealth
Abraham Lincoln
[From a letter to Col. William F. Elkins, 21
November, 1864]
I see in the near future a crisis approaching that unnerves me and
causes me to tremble for the safety of my country. ...corporations
have been enthroned and an era of corruption in high places will
follow, and the money poer of the country will endeavor to prolong its
reign by working upon the prejudices of the peole until all wealth is
aggregated in a few hands and the Republic is destroyed.
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