The real menace of our republic is this invisible government which like a giant octopus sprawls its slimy length over city, State and nation. Like the octopus of real life, it operates under cover of a self-created screen. It seizes in its long and power(ful) tentacles our executive officers, our legislative bodies, our schools, our courts, our newspapers, and every agency created for the public protection... To depart from mere generalizations, let me say that at the head of this octopus are the Rockefeller-Standard Oil interests and a small group of powerful banking houses... -- John Hylan, former mayor of New York City, from a speech in Chicago as quoted in the New York Times, 1922-03-27
Posted on: Tue, 16 Sep 2014 19:27:39 +0000
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