I see in the near future a crisis approaching...

"I see in the near future a crisis approaching that
unnerves me and causes me to tremble for the safety of
my country. . . . corporations have been enthroned and
an era of corruption in high places will follow, and the
money power of the country will endeavor to prolong its
reign by working upon the prejudices of the people until
all wealth is aggregated in a few hands and the Republic
is destroyed."

        -- U.S. President Abraham Lincoln, Nov. 21, 1864
                      (letter to Col. William F. Elkins)
          Ref: The Lincoln Encyclopedia, Archer H. Shaw
                                  (Macmillan, 1950, NY)