José Rizal
Person on 2 sites
Filipino writer and nationalist (1861 to 1896); ophthalmologist and a key member of the Propaganda Movement for political reform under Spanish rule.
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Where public figures publish, and what they are on record saying.
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7 beliefs on korrents (opens korrents.com)
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It is better for a government to keep pace with a people's desires than to give way before them later (opens korrents.com)
“Therefore, we repeat, and we will ever repeat, while there is time, that it is better to keep pace with the desires of a people than to give way before them: the former begets sympathy and love, the latter contempt and…”
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Spain should grant Filipinos their rights freely, without reservations or mistrust (opens korrents.com)
“Since it is necessary to grant six million Filipinos their rights, so that they may be in fact Spaniards, let the government grant these rights freely and spontaneously, without damaging reservations, without…”
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Palliative reforms are useless and even harmful when a government faces evils that need a radical cure (opens korrents.com)
“We said, and once more we repeat, and will ever assert, that reforms which have a palliative character are not only ineffectual but even prejudicial, when the government is confronted with evils that must be cured…”
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It is better for a government to keep pace with a people's desires than to give way before them later (opens korrents.com)