To echo the first Filipino, you get the Rizal you deserve. (alluding to Rizal's statement, 'You get the government you deserve')
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- He adapts a political saying to suggest citizens shape their national figure.
- In plain terms
- You get the Rizal you deserve.
- What can you take from it?
- Citizens reflect their values in heroes.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What do we deserve?
- How do we change?
Another view
It shifts blame to the populace too heavily.
More from Jose Rizal
The first Filipino.
Permalink to quote #52 One of the best exemplars of nationalist thinking.
Permalink to quote #54 The choice of Rizal as a national hero was a master stroke by the Americans.
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