“No country is strong or weak forever. When those who uphold the law are strong, the country is strong; when they are weak, the country is weak.”
This is a 2,000-year-old Chinese proverb, which directly links the strength of a country to its effectiveness in upholding the law. It means that a nation doesn’t always stay strong or weak – it is strong when the law is practiced with firmness, and it is weak when the law is practiced with fragility.