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> [“If we cannot agree on what was important yesterday, what more on events that happened a hundred or three hundred years ago? The point here is that history is open ended and we cannot be sure about the past. So…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ambeth-ocampo/if-we-cannot-agree-on-what-was-important-yesterday-what-more-on/)

[Ambeth Ocampo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ambeth-ocampo/)

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## More by Ambeth Ocampo

> [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ambeth-ocampo/even-a-quick-reading-of-rizal-s-trial-will-prove-that-those-who-take/)

[Ambeth Ocampo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ambeth-ocampo/)

> [“I was to discover that like the overcoat that snugly wraps Rizal in all his statues and photographs, Rizal is obscured by countless myths…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ambeth-ocampo/i-was-to-discover-that-like-the-overcoat-that-snugly-wraps-rizal-in/)

[Ambeth Ocampo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ambeth-ocampo/)

> [“We make Rizal in our own image and likeness. Our image of Rizal is usually formed or deformed in school through numerous biographies with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ambeth-ocampo/we-make-rizal-in-our-own-image-and-likeness-our-image-of-rizal-is/)

[Ambeth Ocampo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ambeth-ocampo/)

> [“Mahirap ngayon ang educational system. They're out for the degree, not knowledge.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ambeth-ocampo/mahirap-ngayon-ang-educational-system-they-re-out-for-the-degree-not/)

[Ambeth Ocampo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ambeth-ocampo/)

> [“If we cannot agree on what was important yesterday, what more on events that happened a hundred or three hundred years ago? The point…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ambeth-ocampo/if-we-cannot-agree-on-what-was-important-yesterday-what-more-on/)

[Ambeth Ocampo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ambeth-ocampo/)

> [“Doreen Fernandez' foreword to "Rizal Without the Overcoat": His essays remind us that history need not and should not be relegated to schoolbooks and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ambeth-ocampo/doreen-fernandez-foreword-to-rizal-without-the-overcoat-his-essays/)

[Ambeth Ocampo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ambeth-ocampo/)

> [“Rizal's greatest misfortune is being national hero of the Philippines.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ambeth-ocampo/rizal-s-greatest-misfortune-is-being-national-hero-of-the-philippines/)

[Ambeth Ocampo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ambeth-ocampo/)

> [“Filipinos have an aversion to blank walls.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ambeth-ocampo/filipinos-have-an-aversion-to-blank-walls/)

[Ambeth Ocampo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ambeth-ocampo/)

> [“Can you imagine the feeling of being an oppressed colonial being addressed respectfully by a colonizer in the mother country?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ambeth-ocampo/can-you-imagine-the-feeling-of-being-an-oppressed-colonial-being/)

[Ambeth Ocampo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ambeth-ocampo/)

> [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ambeth-ocampo/rizal-is-a-compulsory-course-in-school-but-few-teachers-make-rizal-s/)

[Ambeth Ocampo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ambeth-ocampo/)

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