“Today, more than ever, it is critical for American citizens to understand the difference between the free-market capitalism that made our country great and the corporate cronyism that is now corrupting our political process, strangling democracy and devouring our national treasures.”

— Robert Francis Kennedy, Jr.

In "Crimes against nature" in Rolling Stone magazine (11 December 2003).

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