"We all too often have socialism for..." - Quote by Martin Luther King Jr
We all too often have socialism for the rich and rugged free market capitalism for the poor.
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“What affects one in a major way, affects all in a minor way.”
“History is a great teacher. Now everyone knows that the labor movement did not diminish the strength of the nation but enlarged it. By raising the living standards of millions, labor miraculously created a market for industry and lifted the whole nation to undreamed of levels of production. Those who attack labor forget these simple truths, but history remembers them.”
“If you can't fly then run, if you can't run then walk, if you can't walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward.”
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“Under ideal conditions, the barrister and the bhangi (sweeper) should both get the same payment.”
“In our society, it is psychological murder to deprive a man of a job...you are in substance saying to that man "You have no right to exist.”
“The unemployed, poverty-stricken white man must be made to realize that he is in the very same boat with the Negro. Together, they could exert massive pressure on the government to get jobs for all. Together, they could form a grand alliance. Together, they could merge all people for the good of all.”
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“This country has been strip-mined by rich and powerful interests. If you dont like what they're doing, don't just sit there. Vote them out.”
“Justice is what you get when you run out of money.”
“Almost half of the population of the world lives in rural regions and mostly in a state of poverty. Such inequalities in human development have been one of the primary reasons for unrest and, in some parts of the world, even violence.”