A power has risen up in the government greater than the people themselves, consisting of many and various and powerful interests, combined into one mass, and held together by the cohesive power of the vast surplus in the banks.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- A powerful group of bank interests controls the government more than the people.
- In plain terms
- Banks hold too much power over government.
- What can you take from it?
- Watch out for financial control.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Who really controls the government?
- How to reduce bank influence?
Another view
Banks influence but do not fully control.
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