found in How to Construct a Commonplace Book
If language is not correct, then what is said is not what is meant;
if what is said is not what is meant, then what must be done remains
undone; if this remains undone, morals and art will deteriorate; if
justice goes astray, the people will stand about in helpless confusion.
–Confucius
I would love to staple this onto the forehead of just about every media pundit, judge, and politician out there.
Hence there must be no arbitrariness in what is said. This matters above
everything.