“To be human is to be free…”

The future is the same for all of us. Nothing keeps one form for long: mountains crumble to become plains and valleys, lakes become reedy marshes. The great ice floes melt, and rivers rise to forested valleys. We are men and women for a time before we rejoin the blown sands of creation. Only once [...]

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The Spirit of Bataan

Bataan has fallen, but the spirit that made it stand — a beacon to all the liberty-loving peoples of the world — cannot fall! - Voice of Freedom, 01 Apr 1942

- Source: Sonia M. Zaide, The Philippines: A Unique Nation (Manila: AllNations Publishing Co., Inc., 1994), p. 330.

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Notable Quotes from King’s Birmingham Letter

Our Interconnectedness
…I am cognizant of the interrelatedness of all communities and states… We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly. (660)
Creating “Tension”/Awakening our Fellows
Just as Socrates felt that it was necessary to create a tension in [...]

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The Ultimate of All Cages

“…it is not enough to take away external restraint in order to free a man. The external restraints are mere challenges to the strength from within him — which is the true stuff of his freedom. Lacking the stuff of freedom, no amount of elimination of external human restraints would help. It [...]

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Ninoy on Freedom

“Ours is to keep lighting the beacon light of freedom for those who have lost their way…Ours is to articulate the fervent hopes of a people who have suddenly lost their voices…Ours is to adopt the solid stance of courage in the face of seemingly hopeless odds so that hope, no matter how dim or [...]

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