We need to think not of what gives us hope, but of who gives us hope in the midst of this challenge to democracy.

Liberal thinkers are shocked that nations are once again isolating from the world. The real surprise would be if they didn’t ...

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However, the Chinese sage Mencius（BC385—BC289）had a famous saying: "Acts of kindness are not enough to govern, and laws do not practice by themselves" (徒善不足以为政，徒法不足以自行). Laws cannot rule by itself; ...

The state comes after them.", which was put forward by Mencius two thousand years ago, and Fan Zhongyan's epigram "To be the first to concern the country and the last to enjoy". As the inheritor, ...