Sun Yat-sen
Founder of the Republic of China (1866 to 1925); physician, revolutionary and political philosopher; founder of the Kuomintang and first president of its provisional government in 1912.
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Unless the question of China is settled peacefully, a greater world war will be inevitable
Unless the Chinese question can be settled peacefully, another world war greater and more terrible than the one just past will be inevitable.
gutenberg.orgSaid 25 Apr 1921This on korrents
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Unless the question of China is settled peacefully, a greater world war will be inevitable
Unless the Chinese question can be settled peacefully, another world war greater and more terrible than the one just past will be inevitable.
The International Development of China (1922) Said 25 Apr 1921
China's resources should be developed internationally under a socialist scheme, for the good of the world and of China
In order to solve the Chinese question, I suggest that the vast resources of China be developed internationally under a socialistic scheme, for the good of the world in general and the Chinese people in particular.
The International Development of China (1922) Said 25 Apr 1921
Cooperation, not struggle, drives human evolution, so the fighting instinct should be eliminated from people
As it has been discovered by post-Darwin philosophers that the primary force of human evolution is coöperation and not struggle as that of the animal world, so the fighting nature, a residue of the animal instinct in man, must be eliminated from man, the sooner the better.
The International Development of China (1922) Said 25 Apr 1921
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International war is organized robbery on a grand scale
International war is nothing more than pure and simple organized robbery on a grand scale, which all right-minded people deplore.
The International Development of China (1922) Said 25 Apr 1921
Trusts cannot be suppressed, so the remedy is for the whole people of a country to own them
The trust is a result of economic evolution, therefore it is out of human power to suppress it. The proper remedy is to have it owned by all the people of the country.
The International Development of China (1922) Said 25 Apr 1921
The goal of material civilization is public profit, reached fastest by cooperation rather than competition
The goal of material civilization is not private profit but public profit. And the shortest route to it is not competition but coöperation.
The International Development of China (1922) Said 25 Apr 1921
China should use capitalism to create socialism, letting the two work side by side
In a nutshell, it is my idea to make capitalism create socialism in China so that these two economic forces of human evolution will work side by side in future civilization.
The International Development of China (1922) Said 25 Apr 1921
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