Send a Quote Enter a brief message. SendOk2 “The few who could understand the system will either be so interested in its profits, or so dependent on its favours, that there will be no opposition from that class, while on the other hand, the great body of the people mentally incapable of comprehending the tremendous advantage that capital derives from the system, will bear its burdens without complaint, and perhaps without even suspecting that the system is inimical to their interests.” ~ John Sherman (1823-1900) US Congressman, Senator (R-OH), Secretary of the Treasury and Secretary of StateSource: in a letter sent to New York bankers, Morton, and Gould, in support of the then proposed National Banking Act