“We always depend on the government to do this and that for us. No government can do that. Always it is with the cooperation of the people. The people must cooperate with the government. The government will think of ways… — Teodoro A. Agoncillo Copy Share Image
“The people who criticize me are ignorant of what history is, because the very fact that the student of history chooses what to include… — Teodoro A. Agoncillo Copy Share
“Who is this historian who can say that he's telling the whole truth and nothing but the whole truth. Nobody, because you're human.” — Teodoro A. Agoncillo Copy Share
“The attitude of a student in history should be do not accept anything until proven otherwise. Doubt everything including your parentage! Including your parentage!” — Teodoro A. Agoncillo Copy Share
“I said that great men had a sense of history. But when you say you have a great sense of history it does not… — Teodoro A. Agoncillo Copy Share
“What history is not biased? Show me a historian, a real historian who is not biased!...History is never objective.” — Teodoro A. Agoncillo Copy Share
“Politeness is good only in social relations, because to be polite in literary or academic [matters] would be to be dishonest. Ipinasa mo out… — Teodoro A. Agoncillo Copy Share
“A good historian always provides for an exit in case of fire. "Probably," "allegedly," "it is possible...” — Teodoro A. Agoncillo Copy Share
“I do not believe in this command leadership. Dangerous doctrine 'yan ha. Because you cannot know everything your men do.” — Teodoro A. Agoncillo Copy Share
“In historical methodology, it says that the more private a communication is, the more authoritative it is.” — Teodoro A. Agoncillo Copy Share
“History deals with the past, not with the future. We use history to avoid the mistakes of the past, not to recreate the very… — Teodoro A. Agoncillo Copy Share
“It's stupidity to continue using a method which is proven to be useless [and] fruitless. It's a waste of manpower.” — Teodoro A. Agoncillo Copy Share
“That is why I'm not in favor of the UP today which is too big, because the standard goes down. The reason is that… — Teodoro A. Agoncillo Copy Share
“You see, this is one big defect of many people... They see nothing good in people they don't like. And this is dangerous.” — Teodoro A. Agoncillo Copy Share
