--- title: "Best José Rizal Quotations" description: "José Rizal was a Filipino writer, doctor and nationalist who lived during the end of Spanish rule in the Philippines. Browse 144 José Rizal quotes." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b053/author-jos-rizal-2452.jpg" --- ![Portrait of José Rizal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b053/author-jos-rizal-2452.jpg) # José Rizal (1861–1896) Writer **144** quotes in **793** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet José Rizal was a writer, best known for *Noli Me Tangere*. ## Quick Facts About José Rizal Born June 19, 1861 Died December 30, 1896 Profession Writer Notable works Noli Me Tangere ## About José Rizal He is popularly regarded as a national hero of the Philippines, though no official decree naming him as such exists. Rizal trained as an ophthalmologist and used his writing to push for political reforms. In the 1880s he joined the Filipino Propaganda Movement, a group that sought changes to Spanish colonial policies. ## Quotes by José Rizal · Page 4 > [Tomorrow at 7, I shall be shot; but I am innocent of the crime of rebellion. I am going to die with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jos-rizal/tomorrow-at-7-i-shall-be-shot-but-i-am-innocent-of-the-crime-of/) [Jose Rizal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jos-rizal/) [Conscience](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/conscience/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/09d/jos-rizal-2452_conscience_tomorrow-at-7-i-shall-be-shot-but-i-am-i_881547.png) > [Let us not ask for miracles, let us not ask for concern with what is good for the country of him who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jos-rizal/let-us-not-ask-for-miracles-let-us-not-ask-for-concern-with-what-is/) [Jose Rizal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jos-rizal/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c23/jos-rizal-2452_concern_let-us-not-ask-for-miracles-let-us-not-a_663827.png) > [Spain, must we some day tell Filipinas that thou hast no ear for her woes and that if she wishes to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jos-rizal/spain-must-we-some-day-tell-filipinas-that-thou-hast-no-ear-for-her/) [Jose Rizal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jos-rizal/) [Day](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/day/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/223/jos-rizal-2452_day_spain-must-we-some-day-tell-filipinas-th_309822.png) > [I go where there are no slaves, hangmen or oppressors; where faith does not kill; where the one who reigns is God.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jos-rizal/i-go-where-there-are-no-slaves-hangmen-or-oppressors-where-faith-does/) [Jose Rizal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jos-rizal/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bbf/jos-rizal-2452_doe_i-go-where-there-are-no-slaves-hangmen-o_3139907.png) > [Justice is the foremost virtue of the civilizing races. It subdues the barbarous nations, while injustice arouses the weakest.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jos-rizal/justice-is-the-foremost-virtue-of-the-civilizing-races-it-subdues-the/) [Jose Rizal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jos-rizal/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b1e/jos-rizal-2452_foremost_justice-is-the-foremost-virtue-of-the-ci_2556620.png) > [History does not record in its annals any lasting domination exercised by one people over another, of different race, of diverse usages…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jos-rizal/history-does-not-record-in-its-annals-any-lasting-domination/) [Jose Rizal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jos-rizal/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/101/jos-rizal-2452_another_history-does-not-record-in-its-annals-an_1839886.jpg) > [The people do not complain because they have no voice; do not move because they are lethargic, and you say that they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jos-rizal/the-people-do-not-complain-because-they-have-no-voice-do-not-move/) [Jose Rizal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jos-rizal/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/33a/jos-rizal-2452_complaining_the-people-do-not-complain-because-they_3128824.png) > [If the Philippines must remain under the control of Spain, they will necessarily have to be transformed in a political sense, for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jos-rizal/if-the-philippines-must-remain-under-the-control-of-spain-they-will/) [Jose Rizal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jos-rizal/) [Control](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/control/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f3f/jos-rizal-2452_control_if-the-philippines-must-remain-under-the_1566621.png) > [My mother is not a woman of ordinary culture. She knows literature and speaks Spanish better than I do. She even corrected…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jos-rizal/my-mother-is-not-a-woman-of-ordinary-culture-she-knows-literature-and/) [Jose Rizal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jos-rizal/) [Advice](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/advice/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/42d/jos-rizal-2452_advice_my-mother-is-not-a-woman-of-ordinary-cul_1514561.png) > [Ignorance is servitude, because as a man thinks, so he is; a man who does not think for himself and allows himself…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jos-rizal/ignorance-is-servitude-because-as-a-man-thinks-so-he-is-a-man-who/) [Jose Rizal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jos-rizal/) [Beast](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/beast/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c34/jos-rizal-2452_beast_ignorance-is-servitude-because-as-a-man_307563.png) > [“When a people holds onto its language, it holds onto a semblance of freedom, like a man who holds onto his independence…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jos-rizal/when-a-people-holds-onto-its-language-it-holds-onto-a-semblance-of/) [José Rizal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jos-rizal/) [Freedom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/freedom/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8ca/jos-rizal-2452_freedom_when-a-people-holds-onto-its-language-it_146596.png) > [Of what use are all the codes in the world, if by means of confidential reports, if for trifling reasons, if through…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jos-rizal/of-what-use-are-all-the-codes-in-the-world-if-by-means-of/) [Jose Rizal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jos-rizal/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/029/jos-rizal-2452_anonymous_of-what-use-are-all-the-codes-in-the-wor_1587586.png) > [I have observed that the prosperity or misery of each people is in direct proportion to its liberties or its prejudices and,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jos-rizal/i-have-observed-that-the-prosperity-or-misery-of-each-people-is-in/) [Jose Rizal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jos-rizal/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6d3/jos-rizal-2452_direct_i-have-observed-that-the-prosperity-or-m_508052.png) > [“Napakatamis ng tubig at naiinom, bagaman lumulunod sa alak at serbesa at pumapatay sa apoy. Nagiging singaw ito kapag pinainitan; kapag naligalig,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jos-rizal/napakatamis-ng-tubig-at-naiinom-bagaman-lumulunod-sa-alak-at-serbesa/) [José Rizal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jos-rizal/) [Yang](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/yang/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c20/jos-rizal-2452_yang_napakatamis-ng-tubig-at-naiinom-bagaman_2232375.png) > [The government that governs from afar absolutely requires that the truth and the facts reach its knowledge by every possible channel, so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jos-rizal/the-government-that-governs-from-afar-absolutely-requires-that-the/) [Jose Rizal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jos-rizal/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/590/jos-rizal-2452_absolutely_the-government-that-governs-from-afar-ab_1387649.png) > [“The just and the worthy have to suffer in order to spread their ideas and let them be known. One has to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jos-rizal/the-just-and-the-worthy-have-to-suffer-in-order-to-spread-their-ideas/) [José Rizal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jos-rizal/) [Persecution](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/persecution/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/35e/jos-rizal-2452_persecution_the-just-and-the-worthy-have-to-suffer-i_2737721.png) > [If the Philippines secure their independence after heroic and stubborn conflicts, they can rest assured that neither England, nor Germany, nor France,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jos-rizal/if-the-philippines-secure-their-independence-after-heroic-and/) [Jose Rizal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jos-rizal/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ae9/jos-rizal-2452_assured_if-the-philippines-secure-their-independ_1460342.png) > [“The whys and wherefores didn’t need to be said. If you are reading this have ever loved someone, you will understand. Putting…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jos-rizal/the-whys-and-wherefores-didn-t-need-to-be-said-if-you-are-reading/) [José Rizal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jos-rizal/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c5d/jos-rizal-2452_said_the-whys-and-wherefores-didn-t-need-to-b_636197.jpg) > [I may be what my enemies desire me to be, yet never an accusation are they able to hurl against me which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jos-rizal/i-may-be-what-my-enemies-desire-me-to-be-yet-never-an-accusation-are/) [Jose Rizal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jos-rizal/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c0d/jos-rizal-2452_able_i-may-be-what-my-enemies-desire-me-to-be_749554.png) > [How long have you been away from the country?" Laruja asked Ibarra. "Almost seven years." "Then you have probably forgotten all about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jos-rizal/how-long-have-you-been-away-from-the-country-laruja-asked-ibarra/) [Jose Rizal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jos-rizal/) [Country](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/country/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/457/jos-rizal-2452_country_how-long-have-you-been-away-from-the-cou_2642806.jpg) > [The batteries are gradually becoming charged, and if the prudence of the government does not provide an outlet for the currents that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jos-rizal/the-batteries-are-gradually-becoming-charged-and-if-the-prudence-of/) [Jose Rizal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jos-rizal/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f41/jos-rizal-2452_accumulate_the-batteries-are-gradually-becoming-cha_3064823.png) > [“Doray may be rather superstitious but she is a good Catholic, and I hate to destroy anyone’s faith. Pure intuitive faith differs…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jos-rizal/doray-may-be-rather-superstitious-but-she-is-a-good-catholic-and-i/) [José Rizal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jos-rizal/) [Superstitious](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/superstitious/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/393/jos-rizal-2452_superstitious_doray-may-be-rather-superstitious-but-sh_863671.png) > [Experience has everywhere shown us, and especially in the Philippines, that the classes which are better off have always been addicted to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jos-rizal/experience-has-everywhere-shown-us-and-especially-in-the-philippines/) [Jose Rizal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jos-rizal/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5dd/jos-rizal-2452_addicted_experience-has-everywhere-shown-us-and-e_2417612.jpg) > [I have recommended in my writings the study of civic virtues, without which there is no redemption. I have written likewise (and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jos-rizal/i-have-recommended-in-my-writings-the-study-of-civic-virtues-without/) [Jose Rizal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jos-rizal/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fb3/jos-rizal-2452_above_i-have-recommended-in-my-writings-the-st_2089410.png) ## José Rizal by topic [People (15)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/people/jos-rizal/) [Freedom (14)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/freedom/jos-rizal/) [Love (12)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/love/jos-rizal/) [Men (10)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/men/jos-rizal/) [Life (10)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/life/jos-rizal/) [Country (10)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/country/jos-rizal/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jos-rizal/#itemlist", "name": "José Rizal Quotes", "numberOfItems": 24, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Tomorrow at 7, I shall be shot; but I am innocent of the crime of rebellion. 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