J. E. Mendoza

“In the Philippines you are not considered to be honorable unless you have been to jail.”
― José Rizal, Noli Me Tángere

“These Austronesians, with their Austronesian language and modified Austronesian culture, were already established on Madagascar by the time it was first visited by Europeans, in 1500. This strikes me as the single most astonishing fact of human geography for the entire world. It’s as if Columbus, on reaching Cuba, had found it occupied by blue-eyed, blond-haired Scandinavians speaking a language close to Swedish, even though the nearby North American continent was inhabited by Native Americans speaking Amerindian languages.”
― Jared Diamond, Guns, Germs and Steel

“I have to believe much in God because I have lost my faith in man.”
― José Rizal, Noli Me Tángere

“The God they preach about is pure invention, a trick. They're the first ones to not believe in Him!”
― José Rizal, El Filibusterismo