政宽则民慢,慢则纠之以猛。猛则民残,残则施之以宽。宽以济猛,猛以济宽,政是以和。· With a liberal government,people will become undisciplined. Then the cure is to make the government more severe. With a severe government,people will be harmed.Then the cure is to liberalize the government. The liberal and the severe supplement each other. In this way,a government becomes well balanced.
(Quotation from Confucius [551-479 BC] in Zuo's Commentary)