"You should never let your fears prevent you from doing what you know is right."
"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."
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Source: Aung San Suu Kyi (1991). “Freedom from fear: and other writings”, Penguin (Non-Classics)
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