Quote#Politics & Power
It is only after mature deliberation and thorough preparation that I…
Quote bySun Yat-sen · 1866–1925
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: The Three Phases of National Reconstruction (1918).
English (original)
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.
— Sun Yat-sen
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