I'm not trying to be perfect, I'm just trying to be myself.
The most effective way to promote democracy is not through military intervention but through the slow and steady process of building institutions and promoting economic development.
——湖北军政府机关报《中华民国公报》刊有用孙名义发布之《中华民国军政府大总统孙》布告全国同胞书,1911年10月31日