Jose Rizal Quotes
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The tyranny of some is possible only through the cowardice of others.
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No one blames a pilot who takes refuge in port when the storm begins to blow. It is not cowardice to duck under a bullet; what is wrong is to defy it only to fall and never rise again.
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On this battlefield man has no better weapon than his intelligence, no other force but his heart.
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I have to believe much in God because I have lost my faith in man.
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He who would love much has also much to suffer.
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To be happy does not mean to indulge in foolishness!
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Necessity is the most powerful divinity the world knows – it is the result of physical forces set in operation by ethical forces.
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The glory of saving a country is not for him who has contributed to its ruin.
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The people do not complain because they have no voice; do not move because they are lethargic, and you say that they do not suffer because you have not seen their hearts bleed.
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No one has a monopoly of the true God, nor is there a nation or religion that can claim, or at any rate prove, that it has been given the exclusive right to the Creator or sole knowledge of His Being.
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Oh how beautiful to fall to give you flight, to die to give you life, to rest under your sky; and in your enchanted land forever sleep.
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Our liberty will not be secured at the sword's point... We must secure it by making ourselves worthy of it. And when the people reaches that height, God will provide a weapon, the idols will be shattered, tyranny will crumble like a house of cards, and liberty will shine out like the first dawn.
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I go where there are no slaves, hangmen or oppressors; where faith does not kill; where the one who reigns is God.
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Let us not ask for miracles, let us not ask for concern with what is good for the country of him who comes as a stranger to make his fortune and leave afterwards.
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But because their ancestors were men of righteousness, shall we consent to the abuses of their degenerate descendants? Because they did us a great good, would we be guilty if we prevented them from doing us evil?
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I can concede that the government has no knowledge of the people, but I believe the people know less of the government. There are useless officials, evil, if you like, but there are also good ones, and these are not able to accomplish anything because they encounter an inert mass, the population that takes little part in matters that concern them.
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I have observed that the prosperity or misery of each people is in direct proportion to its liberties or its prejudices and, accordingly, to the sacrifices or the selfishness of its forefathers. -Juan Crisostomo Ibarra
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To doubt God is to doubt one's own conscience, and in consequence it would be to doubt everything.
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Why independence? If the slaves of today will be the tyrants of tomorrow.
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Friar! What a strange name. I don't remember having created such a thing!
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Genius has no country. It blossoms everywhere. Genius is like the light, the air. It is the heritage of all.
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The youth is the hope of our future.
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Travel is a caprice in childhood, a passion in youth, a necessity in manhood, and an elegy in old age.
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Death has always been the first sign of European civilization when introduced in the Pacific.
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Your enemies hate you more than they hate your ideas. Should you want a project to be undone propose it. Even if it were as useful as a bishop's mire it would be rejected. Once you are defeated let the humblest-looking among you sponsor it and your enemies to humble you will approve it.
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To foretell the destiny of a nation, it is necessary to open a book that tells of her past.
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It is a useless life that is not consecrated to a great ideal. It is like a stone wasted on the field without becoming a part of any edifice.
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Man works for an object. Remove that object and you reduce him into inaction.
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I wish to show those who deny us Patriotism that we know how to die for our country and convictions.
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Dying people don't need medicine, the ones who remain do.
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