"You know, I've been around the ruling class all my life, and I've been quite aware of their total contempt for the people of the country."

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I must remind you that starving a child is violence. Suppressing a culture is violence. Neglecting school children is violence. Punishing a mother and her family is violence. Discrimination against a working man is violence. Ghetto housing is violence. Ignoring medical need is violence. Contempt for poverty is violence.

— Coretta Scott King