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“Who is this historian who can say that he's telling the whole truth and nothing but the whole truth. Nobody, because you're human.” quote by Teodoro A. Agoncillo — Download Open image

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

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

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

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