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I Can Concede That The Government Has No Knowledge Of The People, But I Believe The People Know Less Of The Government. There Are Useless Officials, Evil, If You Like, But There Are Also Good Ones, And These Are Not Able To Accomplish Anything Because They Encounter An Inert Mass, The Population That Takes Little Part In Matters That Concern Them.

Filipinos Don't Realize That Victory Is The Child Of Struggle, That Joy Blossoms From Suffering, And Redemption Is A Product Of Sacrifice.

A God Who Chastises Our Lack Of Faith, Our Vices, The Little Esteem In Which We Hold Dignity And The Civic Virtues. We Tolerate Vice, We Make Ourselves Its Accomplices, At Times We Applaud It, And It Is Just, Very Just That We Suffer The Consequences, That Our Children Suffer Them. It Is The God Of Liberty ... Who Obliges Us To Love It, By Making The Yoke Heavy For Us - A God Of Mercy, Of Equity, Who While He Chastises Us Betters Us And Only Grants Prosperity To Him Who Has Merited It Through His Efforts. The School Of Suffering Tempers, The Arena Of Combat Strengthens The Soul.

Your Enemies Hate You More Than They Hate Your Ideas. Should You Want A Project To Be Undone Propose It. Even If It Were As Useful As A Bishop's Mire It Would Be Rejected. Once You Are Defeated Let The Humblest-looking Among You Sponsor It And Your Enemies To Humble You Will Approve It.

The Example Could Encourage Others Who Only Fear To Start.