J. E. Mendoza

“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.”
― Jose Rizal

“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

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

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