Quote #50

Under what clime or what skies, has tyranny claimed a nobler victim?

More from Jose Rizal

  1. And now gentlemen, you must have a national hero!
  2. The choice of Rizal as a national hero was a master stroke by the Americans.
  3. Pure and spotless must the victim be if the sacrifice is to be acceptable.
  4. The first Filipino.
  5. The glory of saving a country is not for him who has contributed to its ruin.
  6. To echo the first Filipino, you get the Rizal you deserve. (alluding to Rizal's statement, 'You get the government you deserve')
  7. The school of suffering tempers the spirit, the arena of combat strengthens the soul.
  8. One of the best exemplars of nationalist thinking.

All Jose Rizal quotes