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The youth is the hope of our future.

~Jose Rizal

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The divine flame of thought is inextinguishable in the Filipino people, and somehow or other it will shine forth and compel recognition. It is impossible to brutalize the inhabitants of the Philippines!

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He who does not love his own language is worse than an animal and smelly fish.

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He who does not know how to look back at where he came from will never get to his destination.

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As God has not made anything useless in this world, as all beings fulfill obligations or a role in the sublime drama of Creation, I cannot exempt from this duty, and small though it be, I too have a mission to fill, as for example: alleviating the sufferings of my fellowmen.

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I do not write for this generation. I am writing for other ages. If this could read me, they would burn my books, the work of my whole life. On the other hand, the generation which interprets these writings will be an educated generation; they will understand me and say: 'Not all were asleep in the nighttime of our grandparents.'

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One only dies once, and if one does not die well, a good opportunity is lost and will not present itself again.

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The government that governs from afar absolutely requires that the truth and the facts reach its knowledge by every possible channel, so that it may weigh and estimate them better, and this need increases when a country like the Philippines is concerned, where the inhabitants speak and complain in a language unknown to the authorities.

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The Filipino embraces civilization and lives and thrives in every clime, in contact with every people.

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I may be what my enemies desire me to be, yet never an accusation are they able to hurl against me which makes me blush or lower my forehead; and I hope that God will be merciful enough with me, to prevent me from committing one of those faults which would involve my family.

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Biography

Nationality: Filipino

Type: Writer

Born: June 19th, 1861

Died: December 30th, 1896

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