Confucius
K'ung Ch'iu or K'ung Fu-tzu (Master K'ung)
Chinese Sage, Philosopher and Reformer
Lived: ca. 551–479 BC
"To lead uninstructed people to war is to throw them away."
- Confucius
"To see the right and not to do it is cowardice."
- Confucius
"A superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions"
- Confucius
"An oppressive government is more to be feared than a tiger."
- Confucius
"The commander of the forces of a large State may be carried off,
but the will of even a common man cannot be taken from him."
- Confucius