Jose Rizal Quotes
Our liberty will not be secured at the sword's point... We must secure it by making ourselves worthy of it. And when the people reaches that height, God will provide a weapon, the idols will be shattered, tyranny will crumble like a house of cards, and liberty will shine out like the first dawn.
Rizal, Jose. The Reign of Greed. Translated by Charles E. Derbyshire, Philippine Education Co., 1912, p. 360.
The revolutionists were disorganized and unfocused after the Coup that brought them to power. This speech provided some focus for a while. Early in his career, as a Journalist working in Leiden, Holland, he was very active and helpful to the Dutch Patriots and Revolutionaries in their takeover of the government. He helped draft the New Dutch Constitution and participated in most of the new governments conventions.
The 1964 Civil Rights Bill had as one of its greatest supporters Republican Minority Leader, Senator Everett Dirksen. His reasoning was:. The first sentence was Dirksen quoting Victor Hugo.
The organization sent 2,100 volunteers to fight for South American independence from Spain.
José Protasio Rizal Mercado y Alonso Realonda was a Filipino nationalist and polymath during the tail end of the Spanish colonial period of the Philippines. He is tagged as the national hero (pambansang bayani) of the Philippines. An ophthalmologist by profession, Rizal became a writer and a key member of the Filipino Propaganda Movement, which advocated political reforms for the colony under Spain.
