"How long have you been away from the……" — Jose Rizal
"How long have you been away from the country?" Laruja asked Ibarra. "Almost seven years." "Then you have probably forgotten all about it." "Quite the contrary. Even if my country does seem to have forgotten me, I have always thought about it."
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Jose Rizal
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86 Quotes by Jose Rizal
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It is enough for the evil people to succeed, for the good people to do nothing.
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On this battlefield man has no better weapon than his intelligence, no other force but his heart.
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To doubt God is to doubt one's own conscience, and in consequence it would be to doubt everything.
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The tyranny of some is possible only through the cowardice of others.
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No one has a monopoly of the true God, nor is there a nation or religion that can claim, or…
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I want to show to those who deprive people the right to love of country, that when we know how…
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Necessity is the most powerful divinity the world knows – it is the result of physical forces set in operation…
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He who would love much has also much to suffer.
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Genius has no country. It blossoms everywhere. Genius is like the light, the air. It is the heritage of all.
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God has made man a cosmopolite. He created seas for ships to glide on, the wind to push them, and…
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