"In a country well governed, poverty is..." - Quote by Confucius

“A man should practice what he preaches, but a man should also preach what he practices.”

“If one leads them with administrative measures and uses punishments to make them conform, the people will be evasive, but if one leads them with virtue, they will come up to expectations.”

“The Master said, “The gentleman understands what is right, whereas the petty man understands profit.” (Analects 4.16)”

“There are 3 elements essential in the matters of the State, Food, Military equipment, and Confidence of the people in the ruler. Of these 3, Military Equipment is the least important, Food being the 2nd important, and Confidence of the people being the MOST important. All men rather die of starvation than in war, but nevertheless all men do die of old age. Lacking in Confidence from the people, a state cannot survive.”

“Govern a great nation as you would cook a small fish. Do not overdo it.”

“I don't think there's a lot of dispute for this. You can argue that we didn't get everything done that we wanted to get done, but I can make a really strong argument, and I think prove, that by almost every measure the country's better off now than when I started.”

“The freedom of man, I contend, is the freedom to eat.”

“For the criminal who is weak and poor the narrow cell of death awaits; but honor and glory await the rich who conceal their crimes behind their gold and silver and inherited glory.”

“Most poor people live in the poorest countries.”