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On the recordFebruary 12, 2019
The opposite of wealth is poverty and the opposite of poverty is justice.
Said by
Mary Gay Scanlon
Democratic · Pennsylvania

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Highlighting the connection between poverty and justice in the fight against homelessness.

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