mAKiNig sA mGa naMAyaPa nA...

Ang isang Bayan ay sinusukat ayon sa uri ng mga taong kanyang dinadakila.

"Filipinas, farewell! Long live the Republic and may our independence be born in the future!" - Macario Sakay

"Yes, the Filipino is patient, but there is a limit to his patience. Must we wait until that patience snaps?" - Ninoy Aquino

"A man must die for his convictions and in the performance of his duty as he sees it... I will gladly die for my country." - Jose Rizal

"If it is a crime to love the poor and support them in their just struggles against injustice, then I am ready to fce the firing squad." - Fr. Zacarias Agatep

"Our economy is in shambles and our children are heirs to an almost unbearable national debt because good and decent citizens have abandoned politics to the corrupt." - Evelio B. Javier

"Education is an important concern in our struggle for national liberation. We are determined to carry out the revolution in our country." - Edgar Gil M. Jopson

"We shall be judged by history... not by what we want to do and can't, but what we ought to do and don't." - Cecilia Munoz Palma

"The rich get richer and the poor get poorer. I would not want such a system to go on. There must be reforms. The poor need reforms..." - Dennis Rolando R. Deveraturda

"Human rights is at the core of the Gospel teachings... sufferings unite victims." - Sr. Mariani C. Dimaranan

"The matter with us is that we are too selfish and this is what makes our country tagnant..." - Ma. Antonia Teresa V. Vytiaco

"I have more reasons to fight now. If I will not wage war against this oppressive system, my son will also suffer the same fate..." - Amado G. Bugay


Note: Many thanks to Bantayog ng mga Bayani's Souvenir Issue of 2006