“While a people preserves its language, it preserves the marks of liberty.”

— Jose Rizal · Wisdom quote

While a people preserves its language, it preserves the marks of liberty. — Jose Rizal quote card
Writer and national hero · 1861 – 1896

Jose Rizal was a Filipino writer, physician, and polymath whose novels Noli Me Tangere and El Filibusterismo exposed the abuses of Spanish colonial rule. Executed by firing squad in 1896, he became the national hero of the Philippines.

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