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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, Mar. 10, 1986
No sooner had
the helicopters whisked away Ferdinand Marcos,
his family and entourage than the looters and
the curious began to arrive. They found a half-
eaten bowl of caviar and the hospital bed and
medical equipment of a sick man. They gawked at
the scores of pairs of shoes of a rich woman.
One visitor was reminded of a line from the
Japanese poet Basho: "Autumn leaves, the remains
of a samurai's dream." Eustacia Soliven, a
Manila dentist, reflected later, "Maybe we have
learned something from all this. After all, the
best things we see in France are the reminders
of the excesses of Kings." A few came to plunder
and destroy. One man threw a photograph of the
departed First Lady into an ornamental fish
pool. But mostly, since an invitation to the
Malacanang Palace had long been considered a
jewel beyond price to the average Filipino, they
came as tourists and as survivors. One excited
old man said he had lived a block away for 40
years, and never dreamed he would ever see the
day when he would set foot in the palace.
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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