Assured Quote by Jose Rizal

If the Philippines must remain under the control of Spain, they will necessarily have to be transformed in a political sense, for the course…

— Jose Rizal

It is probable that England will look favorably upon the independence of the Philippines, for it will open their ports to her and afford…

— Jose Rizal

The Philippines is for the Philippines. We can defend ourselves.

— Benigno Aquino III

Philip could not have wanted to annex England militarily, since this would have opened another costly occupation struggle, and brought France in against him.…

— Peter Padfield

Since it is necessary to grant six million Filipinos their rights, so that they may be in fact Spaniards, let the government grant these…

— Jose Rizal

We may disagree among ourselves, but let us never lose sight of that greater battle for one people, one country, one Philippines.

— Anonymous

The Philippines are ours forever. We will not repudiate our duty in the archipelago. We will not abandon our opportunity in the Orient. We…

— Albert J. Beveridge

There is only one government in the Philippines and that is how it will stay,

— Joseph Estrada

The Philippines are ours forever. They are not capable of self-government. How could they be? They are not a self-governing race.

— Albert J. Beveridge

“We shall be branded with the steel of clinging shame if we leave the Philippines to fall into a welter of bloody anarchy,” he…

— Doris Kearns Goodwin

“I hated to have us take the Philippines, but I don’t see how in the world we can give them up.”

— Doris Kearns Goodwin

I want the people of the Philippines to be happy, even if they have nothing.

— Manny Pacquiao