Posted on October 3, 2012

Obama In 2002: Rich Are Nonviolent Because "They Want To Make Sure Folks Don't Take Their Stuff"

"I don’t know if you’ve noticed but rich people are all for non-violence. Why wouldn’t they be? They’ve got what they want. They want to make sure folks don’t take their stuff," then-Illinois state Senator Barack Obama said at a Martin Luther King Jr. event at the University of Chicago.