In our society it is murder, psychologically, to deprive a man of a jo…

Martin Luther King, Jr.
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In our society it is murder, psychologically, to deprive a man of a job or an income. You are in substance saying to that man that he has no right to exist. You are in a real way depriving him of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, denying in his case the very creed of his society. ✨ Martin Luther King, Martin Luther King (Jr.) (1989). The trumpet of conscience, HarperCollins
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