...that in this town prostitutes may give sewing lessons to ladies of the church, pirates my be consulted for their opinions on seaworth by shipbuilders, Christians and Jews may stroll together on a Sunday, and Indians my play dice games with leatherstockings, but let one silver piece fall in a crack between two members of the same profession and it's bloody war. Robert McCammon
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This quote is a comment by Nelson Mandela on the inequality between the races in South Africa, where he was imprisoned. In this case, he refers to a law that allowed a white person to claim money from a black person if they found it in a crack between two rocks. The law was meant to discourage whites from taking advantage of blacks, but the law was often used to rob black people. Inequality has been a problem in many parts of the world, but it seems to be particularly prevalent in South Africa.

Source: The Queen Of Bedlam

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