The American people have this to learn: 'Where justice is denied, where poverty is enforced, where ignorance prevails, and where any one class is made to feel that society is an organized conspiracy to oppress, rob, and degrade them, neither person nor property is safe.'
Adriano Espaillat: “The American people have this to learn: 'Where justice is denied, where poverty is enforced, where ignorance prevails…”
Editor's note · Context
Espaillat emphasizes the importance of justice and equality, quoting Frederick Douglass.
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