"The people suffer from famine because of..." - Quote by Lao Tzu
The people suffer from famine because of the multitude of taxes consumed by their superiors. It is through this that they suffer famine.
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“Prepare while it's easy.”
“Thirty spokes meet in the hub,but the empty space between themis the essence of the wheel.Pots are formed from clay,but the empty space within itis the essence of the pot.Walls with windows and doorsform the house,but the empty space within itis the essence of the home.”
“Return animosity with virtue.”
More on Governance
“When the emperor is crowned or the three dukes are appointed, rather than sending a gift of jade carried by four horses, remain still and offer the Way.”
“Of the best rulers, The people only know that they exist; the next best they love and praise the next they fear; and the next they revile. When they do not command the people's faith, some will lose faith in them, and then they resort to oaths! But of the best when their task is accomplished, their work done, the people all remark, We have done it ourselves.”
“I always say that campaigning and governing are two different things.”
More on Poverty
“Never before has man had such a great capacity to control his own environment, to end hunger, poverty and disease, to banish illiteracy and human misery. We have the power to make the best generation of mankind in the history of the world.”
“The cayote is a living, breathing allegory of Want. He is always hungry. He is always poor, out of luck and friendless. The meanest creatures despise him, and even the fleas would desert him for a velocipede.”
“To close the eyes, and give a seemly comfort to the apparel of the dead, is poverty's holiest touch of nature.”