Quote by Ambeth Ocampo Download Open image ““Rizal's greatest misfortune is being national hero of the Philippines.”” — Ambeth Ocampo ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.7 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare
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I have carefully weighed the virtues and the faults of the Filipino and I have come to the conclusion that he is worth dying… — Benigno Aquino, Jr Copy Share Image
Manila is a city of extremes. The poor are very poor and the rich very rich. A constant reminder to the rich that there… — Arlene J. Chai Copy Share Image
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“Mine was a good race. Ours was a good country. I loved every foot of it that I knew...I had been reared in a… — Carlos P. Romulo Copy Share Image
“He was the old breed of Filipino, almost extinct, who required that he deserve what he received; who would feel guilt, not only shame… — Linda Ty-Casper Copy Share Image
April 9 -Let the sacrifices of our heroes serve as an example and inspire us to come together and teach us that our personal… — My Dream Copy Share Image
Filipinos don't realize that victory is the child of struggle, that joy blossoms from suffering, and redemption is a product of sacrifice. — Jose Rizal Copy Share Image
The Philippines is very important to me strategically and militarily. And I've had numerous conversations with the leader of the Philippines and - and… — Donald Trump 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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
“Mahirap ngayon ang educational system. They're out for the degree, not knowledge.” — Ambeth Ocampo Copy Share Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
“Can you imagine the feeling of being an oppressed colonial being addressed respectfully by a colonizer in the mother country?” — Ambeth Ocampo Copy Share Image
“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 Image
