Quote #51

The choice of Rizal as a national hero was a master stroke by the Americans.

More from Jose Rizal

  1. Under what clime or what skies, has tyranny claimed a nobler victim?
  2. The first Filipino.
  3. And now gentlemen, you must have a national hero!
  4. To echo the first Filipino, you get the Rizal you deserve. (alluding to Rizal's statement, 'You get the government you deserve')
  5. Pure and spotless must the victim be if the sacrifice is to be acceptable.
  6. One of the best exemplars of nationalist thinking.
  7. The glory of saving a country is not for him who has contributed to its ruin.
  8. Rizal is the spirit of contradiction; a soul that dreads the revolution, although deep down desires it.

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