Teodoro A. Agoncillo

“The people who criticize me are ignorant of what history is, because the very fact that the student of history chooses what…

— Teodoro A. Agoncillo

“Maganda ang kastila. It is beautiful, lalo pa kung nagmumura.”

— Teodoro A. Agoncillo

“Who is this historian who can say that he's telling the whole truth and nothing but the whole truth. Nobody, because you're…

— Teodoro A. Agoncillo

“The attitude of a student in history should be do not accept anything until proven otherwise. Doubt everything including your parentage! Including…

— Teodoro A. Agoncillo

“I said that great men had a sense of history. But when you say you have a great sense of history it…

— Teodoro A. Agoncillo

“What history is not biased? Show me a historian, a real historian who is not biased!...History is never objective.”

— Teodoro A. Agoncillo

“History is re-creation while literature is creation.”

— Teodoro A. Agoncillo

“Politeness is good only in social relations, because to be polite in literary or academic [matters] would be to be dishonest. Ipinasa…

— Teodoro A. Agoncillo

“A good historian always provides for an exit in case of fire. "Probably," "allegedly," "it is possible...”

— Teodoro A. Agoncillo

“I do not believe in this command leadership. Dangerous doctrine 'yan ha. Because you cannot know everything your men do.”

— Teodoro A. Agoncillo

“In historical methodology, it says that the more private a communication is, the more authoritative it is.”

— Teodoro A. Agoncillo

“History deals with the past, not with the future. We use history to avoid the mistakes of the past, not to recreate…

— Teodoro A. Agoncillo

“It's stupidity to continue using a method which is proven to be useless [and] fruitless. It's a waste of manpower.”

— Teodoro A. Agoncillo

“That is why I'm not in favor of the UP today which is too big, because the standard goes down. The reason…

— Teodoro A. Agoncillo

“You see, this is one big defect of many people... They see nothing good in people they don't like. And this is…

— Teodoro A. Agoncillo

“I am not stamped by the majority. The herd may go anywhere I will not go with them.”

— Teodoro A. Agoncillo

“The trouble is that the Marxists in our country are ignorant of the real Marxism... They supress... Phony Marxists they twist [data]…

— Teodoro A. Agoncillo

“Maraming myths kasi. Maraming nag-teach ng history, they do not really read. They do not know of historical methodology. They do not…

— Teodoro A. Agoncillo

“Everyone is a historian. Everyone is his own historian.”

— Teodoro A. Agoncillo

“In the time of writing you have to forget the present, if you can do that. Try to live in the period…

— Teodoro A. Agoncillo

“The role of the Filipino historian must be the role of all historians. There is, of course, [Filipino history], but as rule,…

— Teodoro A. Agoncillo

“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

“A biography should be faithful to the truth. I do not believe that a biography of a man should be all praises,…

— Teodoro A. Agoncillo

“History is written by every generation. Every generation writes its own history using the same sources. The interpretations vary according to time.”

— Teodoro A. Agoncillo

“You should see my personality on every page of my book, because I am the author. The book reflects the personality of…

— Teodoro A. Agoncillo