“Rizal's greatest misfortune is being national hero of the Philippines.” — Ambeth Ocampo Copy Share Image
“Even a quick reading of Rizal's trial will prove that those who take Constantino's works uncritically are likewise guilty of "Veneration Without Understanding." Since… — Ambeth Ocampo Copy Share
“I was to discover that like the overcoat that snugly wraps Rizal in all his statues and photographs, Rizal is obscured by countless myths… — Ambeth Ocampo Copy Share
“We make Rizal in our own image and likeness. Our image of Rizal is usually formed or deformed in school through numerous biographies with… — Ambeth Ocampo Copy Share
“Mahirap ngayon ang educational system. They're out for the degree, not knowledge.” — Ambeth Ocampo Copy Share
“If we cannot agree on what was important yesterday, what more on events that happened a hundred or three hundred years ago? The point… — Ambeth Ocampo Copy Share
“Doreen Fernandez' foreword to "Rizal Without the Overcoat": His essays remind us that history need not and should not be relegated to schoolbooks and… — Ambeth Ocampo Copy Share
“Can you imagine the feeling of being an oppressed colonial being addressed respectfully by a colonizer in the mother country?” — Ambeth Ocampo Copy Share
“Rizal" is a compulsory course in school, but few teachers make Rizal's novels interesting. If students are taught to enjoy Rizal's works as literature… — Ambeth Ocampo Copy Share
