No public politician would dare say such a thing today. Ron Paul came the closest, and in response the banks' minions pushed the "He's a nut on foreign policy!" slogan through conservative media so hard that it convinced a good majority of those who should have been his natural allies in that fight to disown him.
They all - even Obama - know very well who they really work for...and it sure ain't us.
Yeah. Really. I think the only thing that has kept Ron Paul alive is that as only one man he is mostly powerless to do anything.
The quote you mention, and the one from Wilson should give any thinking American GREAT pause. A hundred years ago the president, not some whack job, the president said the most powerful men in the country are afraid of a conspiracy, insidiously in control. Americans should really meditate on what that means, about elections, and industry today.
Heartland, I am sure opposes that conspiracy mentally, but seems to be unwittingly supporting it.