But we, because we have had too much liberty without any unity and resisting power, because we have become a sheet of loose sand and so have been invaded by foreign imperialism and oppressed by the economic control and trade wars of the Powers, without being able to resist, must break down individual liberty and become pressed together into an unyielding body like the firm rock which is formed by the addition of cement to sand.
— Sun Yat-sen Modern

Father of modern China

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From 'The Three Principles of the People', discussing the need for national unity over individual liberty.

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1905

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