Ngayong Araw ng mga Bayani, ating inaalala at binibigyang pagpupugay ang mga taong humuhubog sa ating kamalayan upang maging malaya ang kaisipan, damdamin, at diwa ng bawat Pilipino.
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“Routine says that freedom of the press is dangerous. Let us see what History says: uprisings and revolutions have always occurred in countries tyrannized over, in countries where human thought and the human heart have been forced to remain silent.”
—Jose Rizal, “The Philippines a Century Hence” (Filipinas dentro de Cien Años), 1889-1890