There is nothing new about poverty. What is new, however, is that we h…

Martin Luther King, Jr.
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There is nothing new about poverty. What is new, however, is that we have the resources to get rid of it. ✨ Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (2013). In a Single Garment of Destiny: A Global Vision of Justice, p.86, Beacon Press
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