“I believe therefore that it would be better, instead of imprisoning of thieves and concerning ourselves only with punishing the crimes, to run the country in such a way that no man would ever be hungry or cold. When a man lacks steady employment, his heart is not steady, and in extremity he will steal. As long as the country is not properly governed and people suffer from cold and hunger, there will be never an end to crime. It is pitiful to make people suffer, to force them to break the law, and then to punish them.”
(Essays in Idleness. The Tsurezuregusa of Kenko, 1330-1332)
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