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http://www.monticello.org/site/research-and-collections/end-democracyquotation

Jefferson wrote in 1825 to William Branch Giles of "a vast accession of strength from their younger recruits, who, having nothing in them of the feelings or principles of '76, now look to a single and splendid government of an aristocracy, founded on banking institutions, and monied incorporations under the guise and cloak of their favored branches of manufactures, commerce and navigation, riding and ruling over the plundered ploughman and beggared yeomanry.


















































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crossroads's picture

good stuff
me's picture

we need a Thomas Jefferson now more than ever
cooter's picture

yes this
gerryjarciuh's picture

I know.  Sometimes that really is the worst moment of the day...  My bathroom doesn't get heated directly either.  
snake plissken's picture

today, thomas jefferson would be a third party candidate who gets no media attention.