Quote#Money & Wealth
China is now suffering from poverty, not from unequal distribution of…
Quote bySun Yat-sen · 1866–1925
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Capital and the State (1924).
English (original)
China is now suffering from poverty, not from unequal distribution of wealth. Where there are inequalities of wealth, the methods of Marx can, of course, be used; a class war can be advocated to destroy the inequalities. But in China, where industry is not yet developed, Marx's class war and dictatorship of the proletariat are impracticable.
— Sun Yat-sen
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