We are fighting this war [against the Japanese] for our own
national
existence and for freedom
to follow the course of national
 revolution
 laid down
 for us in the Three Principles of the
People.
You [high‑level
 Guomindang officials] should instruct our people to take lessons from the
annals of the Song and Ming dynasties. The fall
of these two dynasties [to the Mongols and the
Manchus] was not caused by outside enemies with
 a superior force, but by a dispirited and
cowardly minority within
the governing class and society of the time. Today the morale of our
people is excellent. …
Our resistance is a united effort of government and people. …
Concord between
government and people is the first essential
to victory. …
The hearts of our people are absolutely united. …