> I am unable to find this quote. Can you tell me where it might be?
>
> ...Thomas Jefferson who, in 1816, wrote: "I hope we shall crush in
> its birth the aristocracy of our monied corporations which dare already
> to challenge our government to a trial of strength, and bid defiance to the
> laws our country."

This is the quote you are seeking:

"I hope we shall... crush in its birth the aristocracy of our moneyed
corporations, which dare already to challenge our government to a trial of
strength and bid defiance to the laws of our country." --Thomas Jefferson to
George Logan, 1816. FE 10:69

FE = Ford edition of Jefferson's writings.