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Jose Rizal quotes

Filipino Writer June 19, 1861 – December 20, 1896

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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. Jose Rizal
Jose Rizal quote: "The example could encourage others who only fear to start."
The example could encourage others who only fear to start. Jose Rizal
Jose Rizal quote: "One only dies once, and if one does not die well, a good..."
One only dies once, and if one does not die well, a good opportunity is lost and will not present itself again. Jose Rizal
O, in the solitude of those mountains I feel free, free as the air, like a light blasting unharnessed through space. A thousand cities, a thousand palaces I would give just for a corner of the Philippines where far away from man I could feel truly free! Jose Rizal
Religion, in refusing to degrade you, has placed in doubt the crime imputed to you; the government, in surrounding your case with mystery and shadow, gives reason for belief in some error, committed in fatal moments; and all the Philippines, in venerating your memory and calling you martyrs, in no way acknowledges your guilt. Jose Rizal
Jose Rizal quote: "I have to believe much in God because I have lost my faith in..."
I have to believe much in God because I have lost my faith in man. Jose Rizal
Jose Rizal quote: "The God they preach about is pure invention, a trick. They're..."
The God they preach about is pure invention, a trick. They're the first ones to not believe in Him! Jose Rizal
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. Jose Rizal
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. Jose Rizal
When a people holds onto its language, it holds onto a semblance of freedom, like a man who holds onto his independence when he retains his own way of thinking. Language is the thought of a people. Jose Rizal
In every instance I noted that a people’s prosperity or misery lay in direct proportion to its freedom or its inhibitions and, along the same lines, of the sacrifice or selfishness of its ancestors. Jose Rizal
Jose Rizal quote: "The gods are leaving."
The gods are leaving. Jose Rizal
For myself I think that one wrong does not right the other, and forgiveness cannot be won with useless tears or alms to the Church. Jose Rizal
I honor the father in his son, not the son in his father. Each one receives a reward or punishment for his deeds, but not for the acts of others. Jose Rizal
Jose Rizal quote: "The youth is the hope of our future."
The youth is the hope of our future. Jose Rizal

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