"I hope we shall take warning from the example and crush in it’s birth the aristocracy of our monied corporations which dare already to challenge our government

"I hope we shall take warning from the example and crush in it’s birth the aristocracy of our monied corporations which dare already to challenge our government to a trial of strength, and to bid defiance to the laws of their country" -- Thomas Jefferson (12 November 1816) https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/03-10-02-0390 https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/03-10-02-0...