“The evils of capitalism are as real as the evils of militarism and evils of racism.”

—  Martin Luther King, Jr.

1960s
Source: As quoted in The Myth of American Diplomacy: National Identity and U.S. Foreign Policy https://books.google.it/books?id=DNId6HxkzQwC&pg=PA247&dq=%22The+evils+of+capitalism+are+as+real+as+the+evils+of+militarism+and+evils+of+racism%22 (1968)

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