Govern a nation as you would fry a small fish
by Bob Schwartz
A message to candidates and voters from the Tao Te Ching. It is the first line of chapter 60, in various translations. Please read and feel free to interpret as you like. Comments are welcome.
If I were moderating a presidential debate, I would simply recite this line and ask Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump what this means to them. What illuminating fun that would be.
Govern a nation as you would fry a small fish.
Directing the flow of affairs of a large country
Is like cooking a small fresh fish.
Govern great nations
like frying small fish.
Ruling a large country is like cooking a small fish.
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Lol I love it, say Bob you should really find a way to pose this question to them. What a great way to get at the truth. There is no way one could prepare for such an answer.
Thanks. I understand there may be a way for ordinary citizens to submit questions. Not that I think this would be accepted by the conventional journalistic establishment (how successful has their approach been?) but I might give it a try.
You will never know unless you try.