Benigno Aquino Jr. Quotes
I have carefully weighed the virtues and the faults of the Filipino and I have come to the conclusion that he is worth dying for.
Aquino, Benigno S., Jr. "Undelivered Arrival Speech." 21 Aug. 1983, Manila International Airport, Pasay, Philippines.
Quintus Horatius Flaccus. This famous quotation has been echoed in virtually every language and every country of the world. However, see Ernest Hemingway for a counter view.
Joseph Addison had earlier written of such a situation. Recent research has strongly suggested that Hale may never have said these words. The American patriots wanted to have heroes and may not have been too worried about the documentation and historical research. See {621112}
Compare Nathan Hale's last words.
The Poles were fighting the Russians. Pulaski was a Field Marshall. This was before he had come to America and fought in the American Revolution.
Benigno Simeon "Ninoy" Aquino Jr., QSC was a Filipino journalist and politician who served as a Senator of the Philippines (1967–1972) and governor of the province of Tarlac. He was the husband of Corazon Aquino—who, after his death, eventually became President of the Philippines—and father of a later President, Benigno Aquino III. Aquino, together with Gerardo Roxas and Jovito Salonga, helped form the leadership of the opposition towards then President Ferdinand Marcos. He was the aggressive leader who together with the intellectual leader Sen. Jose W. Diokno led the overall opposition.
