"To govern the country, we must first govern the people. To govern the people, we must first govern ourselves. If we cannot govern ourselves, how can we govern the country?"

"We must learn from the West, but we must not blindly imitate the West. We must adapt Western knowledge and technology to our own needs and conditions."

"The Chinese are a people without a national consciousness. They are like a heap of loose sand. We must bind them together with the cement of nationalism."

"The Chinese people have been oppressed for too long. It is time for them to rise up and claim their destiny."

"Our revolution is not only for the Chinese people, but also for all oppressed peoples of the world."