In the end, due to Saionji's retirement as Minister of Education, the revision of the Imperial Rescript on Education was not realized, but he reflected, 'I believed that the educational policy should be developed for more liberal way' ("Biography of Kinmochi SAIONJI" by Shuko SHIRAYANAGI).
結局、西園寺の大臣退任により教育勅語の改正実現には至らなかったが「もっとリベラルの方へ向けて教育の方針を立つべきものだと思った」と回想している（白柳秀湖『西園寺公望伝』）。