Quotes

"The world is governed by very different personages from what is imagined by those who are not behind the scenes"

- Benjamin Disraeli, first Prime Minister of England

"Since I entered politics, I have chiefly had men's views confided to me privately. Some of the biggest men in the United States, in the field of commerce and manufacture, are afraid of something. They know that there is a power somewhere so organized, so subtle, so watchful, so interlocked, so complete, so pervasive, that they better not speak above their breath when they speak in condemnation of it"

- Woodrow Wilson, President of the United States 1913

"The real menace of our republic is this invisible government which like a giant octopus sprawls its slimy lentgh over city, state and nation. Like the octopus of real life, it operates under cover of a self created screen... At the head of this octopus are the Rockefeller Standard Oil interests and a small group of powerful banking houses generally referred to as international bankers. The little coterie of powerful international bankers virtually run the United States government for their own selfish purposes. They practically control both political parties"

- John F. Hylan, New York City Mayor 1922

"The real rulers in Washington are invisible, and exercise power from behind the scenes"

- Felix Frankfurter, Supreme Court Justice 1952