The Master said, “‘If good men were to govern a country in succession for a hundred years, they would be able to transform the violently bad, and dispense with capital punishments.’ True indeed is this saying!”
子曰：“‘善人为邦百年，亦可以胜残去杀矣。’诚哉是言也！”
Source: The Analects, Zi Lu XIII, Chapter 11
Author: Confucius
