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The best rulers: the people barely know they exist. Next best: they love and praise them. Next: they fear them. Worst: they despise them. When the best leader's work is done, the people say: 'We did it ourselves.'

— Tao Te Ching – Chapter 17

太上，不知有之；其次，親而譽之；其次，畏之；其次，侮之。信不足焉，有不信焉。悠兮其貴言，功成事遂，百姓皆謂我自然。
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