In His Own Words
Every quote below is tied to the place where Rizal wrote or spoke it — grounding his words in the soil of Philippine history.
The Quote Wall
From love letters in Dapitan to final farewells at Fort Santiago — each word carries a location.
The youth is the hope of our future.
I die without seeing the dawn brighten over my native land. You who have it to see, welcome it — and forget not those who fell during the night.
He who does not know how to look back at where he came from will never get to his destination.
I want to show those who deny our patriotism that we know how to die for our duty and our convictions.
I live in hope that someday the dawn will come and the darkness will lift.
There are no tyrants where there are no slaves.
I would like the Filipinos to be clever and resourceful, and to achieve this it is necessary that they be educated.
The Filipino is worth dying for.
Farewell, dear Fatherland, clime of the sun caress'd, Pearl of the Orient seas, our Eden lost! Gladly now I go to give thee this faded life's best, And were it brighter, fresher, or more blest, Still would I give it thee, nor count the cost.