“故戰道必勝，主曰無戰，必戰可也；戰道不勝，主曰必戰，無戰可也；”

“故戰道必勝，主曰無戰，必戰可也；戰道不勝，主曰必戰，無戰可也；”

— Sun Tzu

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Title: Wikiquote: Sun Tzu
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If fighting is sure to result in victory, then you must fight, even though the ruler forbid it; if fighting will not result in victory, then you must not fight even at the ruler's bidding.

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Tzu, Sun. (n.d.). Wikiquote: Sun Tzu. Wikiquote. https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Sun_Tzu

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