While it is undeniable that many have been driven to immorality and crime by the need to survive, it is equally evident that the possession of a significant surplus of material goods has never been a guarantee against covetousness, rapacity and the infinite variety of vice and pain which spring from such passions. Indeed, it could be argued that the unrelenting compulsion of those who already have much to acquire even more has generated greater injustice, immorality and wretchedness than the cumulative effect of the struggles of the severely underprivileged to better their lot.
Aung San Suu KyiThe people of my country want the two freedoms that spell security: freedom from want and freedom from fear.
Aung San Suu KyiThe true measure of the justice of a system is the amount of protection it guarantees to the weakest.
Aung San Suu Kyi