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"The unemployment rate is still twice as high for blacks as for whites."
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"In proportion therefore, as the repulsiveness of the work increases, the wage decreases."
"Whether democracy or aristocracy is the better form of government constitutes a very difficult question. But, clearly, democracy inconveniences one person while aristocracy oppresses another. That is a truth which establishes itself and precludes any discussion: you are rich and I am poor."
"For their holidays: the rich's kids travel the world, the poor's kids roam around their grandparents' yard."
"Oppression has been in existence as long as man himself has been in existence."
"The question is very understandable, but no one has found a satisfactory answer to it so far. Yes, why do they make still more gigantic planes, still heavier bombs and, at the same time, prefabricated houses for reconstruction? Why should millions be spent daily on the war and yet there's not a penny available for medical services, artists, or for poor people?Why do some people have to starve, while there are surpluses rotting in other parts of the world? Oh, why are people so crazy?"
"The problem is that rich are getting richer by not giving and poor and getting poorer by not receiving."
"When the rich and the powerful rise they leave the powerless and the poor without possibility."
"There is a very simple relationship between increased socioeconomic rifts in the society and increased violence, criminality, war, increased lack of trust between people, health problems and social exclusion - but it seems to be very difficult for people to understand this simple relationship."
"There are no clean victories for black people, nor, perhaps, for any people. The presidency of Barack Obama is no different. One can now say that an African American individual can rise to the same level as a white individual, and yet also say that the number of black individuals who actually qualify for that status will be small. One thinks of Serena Williams, whose dominance and stunning achievements can't, in and of themselves, ensure equal access to tennis facilities for young black girls. The gate is open and yet so very far away."
"Some people sit at life' banquet table while others serve them."
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"In the nineteenth century, slavery was the greatest wrong, and government never stood so tall as when it was redressing that wrong."
"I dare say that a majority of the American people think that having a fair hearing on an issue of importance in our relations with Mexico is extremely important to our national interest, as well as theirs."
"It's not good for government to tell people that the world owes them a living and that things are free."
"My slogan when I ran was that there is no such thing as government money, there is only taxpayer's money, and that cut pretty deep."
"Government can contribute to a shared sense of purpose on the part of the citizenry; that's its highest and best application."
"I think coercive taxation is theft, and government has a moral duty to keep it to a minimum."
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