The cruelties of property and privilege are always more ferocious than the revenges of poverty and… — C L R James
The cruelties of property and privilege are always more ferocious than the revenges of poverty and oppression. For the one aims at perpetuating resented injustice, the other is merely a momentary passion soon appeased.
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