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Jose Rizal quotes

Filipino Writer June 19, 1861 – December 20, 1896

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I die without seeing dawn's light shining on my country... You, who will see it, welcome it for me...don't forget those who fell during the nighttime. Jose Rizal
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. Jose Rizal
Jose Rizal quote: "I fear for my books."
I fear for my books. Jose Rizal
Would that I could die, reduce myself to nothing, leave a glorious name to my country, die in the cause of defending it against a foreign invasion and afterwards the sun will shine on my body like a permanent sentinel in these ocean rocks! Jose Rizal
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 Jose Rizal
Jose Rizal quote: "People believe that madness is when you don't think as they..."
People believe that madness is when you don't think as they do, which is why they take me for a madman. Jose Rizal
Jose Rizal quote: "Night favors belief, and the imagination peoples the air with..."
Night favors belief, and the imagination peoples the air with specters. Jose Rizal
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. Jose Rizal
Jose Rizal quote: "Vice pays for its own freedom."
Vice pays for its own freedom. Jose Rizal
Jose Rizal quote: "Dying people don't need medicine, the ones who remain do."
Dying people don't need medicine, the ones who remain do. Jose Rizal
How long have you been away from the country?" Laruja asked Ibarra."Almost seven years."Then you have probably forgotten all about it."Quite the contrary. Even if my country does seem to have forgotten me, I have always thought about it. Jose Rizal
Jose Rizal quote: "Tomorrow at 7, I shall be shot; but I am innocent of the crime..."
Tomorrow at 7, I shall be shot; but I am innocent of the crime of rebellion. I am going to die with a tranquil conscience. Jose Rizal
Jose Rizal quote: "It is not the criminals who arouse the hatred of others, but..."
It is not the criminals who arouse the hatred of others, but the men who are honest. Jose Rizal
Jose Rizal quote: "While a people preserves its language; it preserves the marks..."
While a people preserves its language; it preserves the marks of liberty. Jose Rizal
I don't see why I should bow my head when I could hold it high, or place it in the hands of my enemies when I can defeat them. Jose Rizal

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