There can be no tyrants where there are no slaves.

There can be no tyrants where there are no slaves.

Jose Rizal

It is not a choice of life, it is a choice of death. If this is life, I'd rather die.

It is not a choice of life, it is a choice of death. If this is life, I'd rather die.

Once a champion, always a champion.

Once a champion, always a champion.

I often wonder what I will be remembered in history for. Scholar? Military hero? Builder?

I often wonder what I will be remembered in history for. Scholar? Military hero? Builder?

History should not be left to the historians. Rather, be like Churchill. Make history, and then write it.

History should not be left to the historians. Rather, be like Churchill. Make history, and then write it.

Of what good is democracy if it is not for the poor?

Of what good is democracy if it is not for the poor?

There are many things we do not want in this world. Let us not just mourn them; let us change them.

There are many things we do not want in this world. Let us not just mourn them; let us change them.

Dying people don't need medicine, the ones who remain do.

Dying people don't need medicine, the ones who remain do.

Man is multiplied by the number of languages he possesses and speaks.

Man is multiplied by the number of languages he possesses and speaks.

A man works for an object. Remove that object and you reduce him into inaction.

A man works for an object. Remove that object and you reduce him into inaction.

What is death to me? I have sown the seeds others will reap.

What is death to me? I have sown the seeds others will reap.

Each one writes history according to his convenience.

Each one writes history according to his convenience.

It is not the criminals who arouse the hatred of others, but the honest men.

It is not the criminals who arouse the hatred of others, but the honest men.

The glory of saving a country is not for him who has contributed to its ruin.

The glory of saving a country is not for him who has contributed to its ruin.

Cowardice rightly understood begins with selfishness and ends with shame.

Cowardice rightly understood begins with selfishness and ends with shame.

Why independence? If the slaves of today will be the tyrants of tomorrow.

Why independence? If the slaves of today will be the tyrants of tomorrow.

Travel is a caprice in childhood, a passion in youth, a necessity in manhood, and an elegy in old age.

Travel is a caprice in childhood, a passion in youth, a necessity in manhood, and an elegy in old age.

While a people preserves its language; it preserves the marks of liberty.

While a people preserves its language; it preserves the marks of liberty.

I wish to show those who deny us patriotism that we know how to die for our country and convictions.

I wish to show those who deny us patriotism that we know how to die for our country and convictions.