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"The principal defect of our national defense is not the training or lack of finances, but the great and dangerous defect of democracy which has been implanted into the minds of the Filipino people. We have a nationally wrong conception of democracy. Our democracy in the Philippines is unilateral. It is only for the benefit, for the freedom, for the rights, comfort and happiness of each individual member of the nation. That is the common belief, and I venture to say 99.9% of our people believe in that kind of democracy. They do not know their obligations, their duties, and the sacrifices that they should give to the state which is the relative counterpart of the amount of personal democracy he should indulge. The two should balance. We do not have yet in the minds of our people the thought that in order to enjoy the spirit of democracy they should give their lives and property to the state..."

 

Gen. Vicente Lim

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Change is the law of life and those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future.

- John F. Kennedy

 

Never place a period where God has placed a comma.

- Gracie Allen

 

Heal yourself first before you heal others.

- African Proverb

 

It's not what happens to you; it's what you do about it that makes the difference.

- W. Mitchell

 

Always bear in mind, that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other thing.

- Abraham Lincoln

 

You never will be the person you can be if pressure, tension and discipline are taken out of your life.

- James G. Bilkey

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Mastering others is strength. Mastering yourself is true power.

- Lao Tzu

 

What is more important than the will to win is the will to prepare.

- Bobby Knight

 

Constantly talking isn't necessarily communicating.

By Joel - Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

 

What lies behind us

and what lies before us

are tiny matters compared

to what lies within us.

- Emerson

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