Aristotle (c. 384-322 BCE)
“The truth is that men’s ambition and their desire to make money are among the most frequent causes of deliberate acts of injustice.”
- From Aristotle’s Politics (Bekker page 1271a), translated by T. A. Sinclair and revised by T. J. Saunders (Penguin Classics, 1962, 1981, 1992).