《管子·任法》
君主若没有法度来禁止这些现象，于是私说一天比一天增多，公法一天比一天削弱，国家的不安定，就将从此产生了。
上无度量以禁之，是以私说日益，而公法日损，国之不冶，从此产矣。
If the ruler does not use the law to prohibit these phenomena, then private opinions will grow more numerous each day, and the law will weaken each day. Instability in the country will arise from this.