“They know that Marcos will not give in, so why continue? The only thing that [people have to do] is not pay… — Teodoro A. Agoncillo Copy Share Image
“We always depend on the government to do this and that for us. No government can do that. Always it is with… — 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 Image
“Maganda ang kastila. It is beautiful, lalo pa kung nagmumura.” — Teodoro A. Agoncillo Copy Share Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
“A good historian always provides for an exit in case of fire. "Probably," "allegedly," "it is possible...” — Teodoro A. Agoncillo Copy Share Image
“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 Image
“In historical methodology, it says that the more private a communication is, the more authoritative it is.” — Teodoro A. Agoncillo Copy Share Image
“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 Image
