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> [“You're not sure that you will have all the documents. That is why the conclusions in history is not final.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/teodoro-a-agoncillo/you-re-not-sure-that-you-will-have-all-the-documents-that-is-why-the/)

[Teodoro A. Agoncillo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/teodoro-a-agoncillo/)

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## More by Teodoro A. Agoncillo

> [“The people who criticize me are ignorant of what history is, because the very fact that the student of history chooses what to include…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/teodoro-a-agoncillo/the-people-who-criticize-me-are-ignorant-of-what-history-is-because/)

[Teodoro A. Agoncillo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/teodoro-a-agoncillo/)

> [“Maganda ang kastila. It is beautiful, lalo pa kung nagmumura.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/teodoro-a-agoncillo/maganda-ang-kastila-it-is-beautiful-lalo-pa-kung-nagmumura/)

[Teodoro A. Agoncillo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/teodoro-a-agoncillo/)

> [“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.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/teodoro-a-agoncillo/who-is-this-historian-who-can-say-that-he-s-telling-the-whole-truth/)

[Teodoro A. Agoncillo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/teodoro-a-agoncillo/)

> [“The attitude of a student in history should be do not accept anything until proven otherwise. Doubt everything including your parentage! Including your parentage!”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/teodoro-a-agoncillo/the-attitude-of-a-student-in-history-should-be-do-not-accept-anything/)

[Teodoro A. Agoncillo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/teodoro-a-agoncillo/)

> [“I said that great men had a sense of history. But when you say you have a great sense of history it does not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/teodoro-a-agoncillo/i-said-that-great-men-had-a-sense-of-history-but-when-you-say-you/)

[Teodoro A. Agoncillo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/teodoro-a-agoncillo/)

> [“What history is not biased? Show me a historian, a real historian who is not biased!...History is never objective.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/teodoro-a-agoncillo/what-history-is-not-biased-show-me-a-historian-a-real-historian-who/)

[Teodoro A. Agoncillo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/teodoro-a-agoncillo/)

> [“History is re-creation while literature is creation.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/teodoro-a-agoncillo/history-is-re-creation-while-literature-is-creation/)

[Teodoro A. Agoncillo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/teodoro-a-agoncillo/)

> [ “Politeness is good only in social relations, because to be polite in literary or academic \[matters\] would be to be dishonest. Ipinasa mo out… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/teodoro-a-agoncillo/politeness-is-good-only-in-social-relations-because-to-be-polite-in/)

[Teodoro A. Agoncillo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/teodoro-a-agoncillo/)

> [“A good historian always provides for an exit in case of fire. "Probably," "allegedly," "it is possible...”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/teodoro-a-agoncillo/a-good-historian-always-provides-for-an-exit-in-case-of-fire-probably/)

[Teodoro A. Agoncillo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/teodoro-a-agoncillo/)

> [“I do not believe in this command leadership. Dangerous doctrine 'yan ha. Because you cannot know everything your men do.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/teodoro-a-agoncillo/i-do-not-believe-in-this-command-leadership-dangerous-doctrine-yan-ha/)

[Teodoro A. Agoncillo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/teodoro-a-agoncillo/)

> [“In historical methodology, it says that the more private a communication is, the more authoritative it is.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/teodoro-a-agoncillo/in-historical-methodology-it-says-that-the-more-private-a/)

[Teodoro A. Agoncillo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/teodoro-a-agoncillo/)

> [“History deals with the past, not with the future. We use history to avoid the mistakes of the past, not to recreate the very…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/teodoro-a-agoncillo/history-deals-with-the-past-not-with-the-future-we-use-history-to/)

[Teodoro A. Agoncillo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/teodoro-a-agoncillo/)

> [ “It's stupidity to continue using a method which is proven to be useless \[and\] fruitless. It's a waste of manpower.” ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/teodoro-a-agoncillo/it-s-stupidity-to-continue-using-a-method-which-is-proven-to-be/)

[Teodoro A. Agoncillo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/teodoro-a-agoncillo/)

> [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/teodoro-a-agoncillo/that-is-why-i-m-not-in-favor-of-the-up-today-which-is-too-big-because/)

[Teodoro A. Agoncillo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/teodoro-a-agoncillo/)

> [“You see, this is one big defect of many people... They see nothing good in people they don't like. And this is dangerous.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/teodoro-a-agoncillo/you-see-this-is-one-big-defect-of-many-people-they-see-nothing-good/)

[Teodoro A. Agoncillo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/teodoro-a-agoncillo/)

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