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October 6, 2015

In antiquity, a border station was set up as a precaution against violence. Today it is set up to perpetrate violence.

- Mencius (4th cent. BCE), sect. 7B8, tr. Lau

Topic(s): Historical Thinkers , Mencius , Philosophy , Political Philosophy , Politics , Quote of the Day
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