In these two Western controlled territories Dr. Sun was strongly influenced by the spirit of Western democracy and became a great admirer of Abraham Lincoln and government as he conceived it--of the people, by the people, and for the people.
民國十八年，蔣夢麟先生任教育部長時，正式將三民主義列為初中及高中的課程，到民國廿一年，將這門課程改為「公民」。