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"We must honestly face the fact that the movement must address itself to the question of restructuring the whole of American society. There are 40 million poor people here and one day we must ask the question: Why are there 40 million poor people in America? When you ask that question, you're asking a question about the economic system, about a broader distribution of wealth. We are called upon to help the discouraged beggars in life's marketplace. But one day we must come to see that an edifice that produces beggars needs restructuring. Questions must be raised. You must ask the question: Who owns the oil? You begin to ask the question: Who owns the iron ore? You begin to ask the question: Why is it that people have to pay water bills in a world that's two-thirds water? These are words that must be said." --Martin Luther King 1967