“Don’t expect to build up the weak by pulling down the strong.”
Calvin Coolidge (1872–1933) American politician, 30th president of the United States (in office from 1923 to 1929)
“Nothing builds authority up like silence, splendor of the strong and shelter of the weak.”
Rien ne rehausse l'autorité mieux que le silence, splendeur des forts et refuge des faibles.
in Le Fil de l'épée.
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“Of course the strong are strong and the weak weak.”
Kyuzo Mifune book The Canon of Judo
The Canon of Judo (1956, 1960)
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國無常強，無常弱。奉法者強則國強，奉法者弱則國弱。
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