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"It is enough for good people to do
nothing, for evil people to succeed."
“In questions of power, then, let no more be said of confidence in
man,
but bind him down from mischief by the chains of the Constitution.”
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The 1987
Constitution of
the Republican of the Philippines
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Monday, Feb. 10, 1986
Coming from
a seasoned campaigner with a reputation for
masterly verbal pyrotechnics, the words seemed
slightly absurd. "God is with us!" President
Ferdinand Marcos declared before a crowd of
50,000 in Davao on the southern island of
Mindanao. "God knows that to protect the
Filipino people, (we) must win!"
With only
days to go before this week's presidential
election, Marcos did not sound like an
indomitable incumbent. Miffed at press reports
casting doubt on his wartime record and
personal finances, he angrily denounced those
"now ! engaged in rumor-mongering and black
propaganda." He suggested that the reports
emanated from the "dirty tricks department" of
Challenger Corazon Aquino's "desperate
campaign." Late in the week, Marcos announced
that the military had uncovered a plot to
assassinate him while he was on a campaign
trip to Iloilo City.
Asked by
reporters what had been his biggest mistake
during the campaign, Marcos quipped, "Some say
it was to hold this special election." Aquino,
meanwhile, had a cool response for Marcos'
heated rhetoric: "I think he is panicking."
With Knowledge Comes Power
Start learning the
laws the country is said to hold
so we can stop the corruption by keeping one
another accountable.
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JOSÉ
PROTACIO RIZAL MERCADO Y ALONSO REALONDA
(born 19 June 1861, Calamba, Philippines- died
30 December 1896, Manila, Philippines),
patriot, physician and man of letters whose
life and literary works were an inspiration to
the Philippine nationalist movement.
QUESTION:
To Jose Rizal, what is the most
important contribution of every Filipino
to his country’s progress?
ANSWER:
The main thing is that every Filipino
must be a good man, a good citizen so that he
can help his country to progress by
contributing his heart, and if need, be his
arm. (With the head and heart, we
ought to work always; with the arm when the
time comes when physical strength is needed.
The principal tool of the heart and the head
is the pen. Other prefer the brush; others the
chisel. On my part, I prefer the pen.)
"government of the people, by the people,
for the people, shall not perish from the
earth"
Jose Rizal's favorite quote by
Abraham Lincoln
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