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This is a great day for political quotes from the past. Here's my entry:
"It matters not one iota what political party is in power or what President holds the reins of power.
"We are not politicians or public thinkers; we are the rich, we own America, we got it. God knows how, but we intend to keep it if we can by throwing all the tremendous weight of our support, our influence, our money, our political connections, our purchased senators, our hungry congressmen, our public-speaking demagogues into the scale against any legislature, any political platform, any presidential campaign that threatens the integrity of our estate."
Frederick Townsend Martin, self-described member and defender of the 'idle rich', writing at the turn of the century.
"It matters not one iota what political party is in power or what President holds the reins of power.
"We are not politicians or public thinkers; we are the rich, we own America, we got it. God knows how, but we intend to keep it if we can by throwing all the tremendous weight of our support, our influence, our money, our political connections, our purchased senators, our hungry congressmen, our public-speaking demagogues into the scale against any legislature, any political platform, any presidential campaign that threatens the integrity of our estate."
Frederick Townsend Martin, self-described member and defender of the 'idle rich', writing at the turn of the century.
It was the increasingly hostile and aware reaction to the blatantly idle rich that helped launch the Carnegie and Rockefeller charitable public relations machine. A fascinating period of American history in power and control.
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