Quote #49

And now gentlemen, you must have a national hero!

More from Jose Rizal

  1. Pure and spotless must the victim be if the sacrifice is to be acceptable.
  2. Under what clime or what skies, has tyranny claimed a nobler victim?
  3. The glory of saving a country is not for him who has contributed to its ruin.
  4. The choice of Rizal as a national hero was a master stroke by the Americans.
  5. The school of suffering tempers the spirit, the arena of combat strengthens the soul.
  6. The first Filipino.
  7. You must shatter the vase to spread its perfume, and smite the rock to get the spark.
  8. To echo the first Filipino, you get the Rizal you deserve. (alluding to Rizal's statement, 'You get the government you deserve')

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