If Lincoln said this he's a bigger hypocrite then I thought he was. His entire political career was supported by crony capitalists and so called political entrepreneurs. His entire rational for holding the union together was the collection of taxes: the 45% TO 48% tariffs on goods coming into southern states from European manufacturers, so that they would have to purchase goods from northern state manufacturers. Lincoln advocated central banking and political favoritism shown to businessmen, they were after all the largest contributors to political campaigns. Does it not strike anyone as odd that such a great humanitarian was never an abolitionist?