• To give aid to every poor man is far beyond the reach and power of every man. Care of the poor is incumbent on society as a whole.

    Baruch Spinoza: To give aid to every poor man is far beyond the reach and power of every man. Care of the poor is incumbent on society as a whole.
    "Ethics Geometrically Demonstrated". Book by Baruch Spinoza, Part IV : Of Human Bondage, or the Strength of the Emotions, Appendix, 17, 1677.