““In the ancient Book of History, upon which Confucius himself based his philosophy, it is said... The people must be cherished, The people must not be oppressed, The people are the root of the country. If the root is firm, the country is tranquil. And you remember, she continued, that, when asked which was most important to a state, food, weapons or the trust of the people, the sage replied that weapons could be given up, and even food be sacrificed, but the state itself would be destroyed if the people had no confidence in it.””
