The government, which was designed for the people, has got into the ha…

Woodrow Wilson
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The government, which was designed for the people, has got into the hands of the bosses and their employers, the special interests. An invisible empire has been set up above the forms of democracy. ✨ Woodrow Wilson, Ronald J. Pestritto (2005). Woodrow Wilson: The Essential Political Writings, p.117, Lexington Books
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