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Read paragraph 6.%0D%0A%0D%0A(6) Is that, my friends, giving them a fair shake of the dice or anything like the inalienable right of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, or anything resembling the fact that all people are created equal; when we have today in America thousands and hundreds of thousands and millions of children on the verge of starvation in a land that is overflowing with too much to eat and too much to wear? I do not think you will contend that, and I do not think for a moment that they will contend it…

Which word best states the meaning of contend as it is used in the paragraph?

A. Illustrate
B. Study
C. Gain
D. Claim