The opposite of the religious fanatic is not the fanatical atheist but the gentle cynic who cares not whether there is a God or not. The atheist is a religious person. He believes in atheism as though it were a new religion.
——《在上海南京路同盟会机关的演说》(1912年4月16日)
凡是在地方上做官的人,知道自己的职责吗?应该是百姓的仆役,而不是役使百姓的人