"To understand is hard. Once one understands, action is easy."
"It is only after mature deliberation and thorough preparation that I have decided upon the Program of Revolution and defined the procedure of the revolution in three stages. The first is the period of military government; the second, the period of political tutelage; and the third, the period of constitutional government."
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Source: The Three Phases of National Reconstruction. Essay by Sun Yat-sen, 1918.
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