Confucius Books 12-14

In book 12, Confucius talks a lot about government. Confucius 12.7 "Simply make sure that there is sufficient food, sufficient armaments, and that you have the confidence of the common people." He was then asked which he would give up first, he said armaments. Second, Confucius replied food. This means that above all things, Confucius believed a governor should always have the confidence of the common people. Now a days this isn't really the case, and I wish it was. All the modern leaders should read this line.
In book 13, I found a modern cliche. Analects 13.16 "The master said (act so that) those near to you are pleased and those who are far from you are drawn closer." The cliche is not verbatim, but I think the common saying "keep your friends close but your enemies closer" sort of resembles this line from the Analects. The family first motto also comes in through this book. Confucius stresses this point a lot and it's one of his basic teachings.
In book 14, Confucius begins to talk about people behind their backs. While he doesn't necessarily say anything that bad, we finally see a flaw in a man who was so into goodness and what not.