Tzu-kung asked about government. Confucius said,
                          "Sufficient food, sufficient armament, and sufficient confidence of the people"
                        Tzu-kung said, "Forced to give up one of these, which would you abandon first?"
                                          Confucius said, "I would abandon the armament."
           
        Tzu-kung said, "forced to give up one of the remaining two, which would you abandon first?"
                                            Confucius said, "I would abandon food.
                                  
                           There have been deaths from time immemorial, but no state can exist without
                            the confidence of the people."  
                
           
       

 
 
The Book of the Sayings of Confucius 
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