Manuel L. Quezon Professions : Former President of the Philippines Born : August 19, 1878 Died : August 1, 1944 Browse All Authors Top 5 quotes by Manuel L. Quezon I would rather have a country run like hell by Filipinos than a country run like heaven by the Americans, because however a bad Filipino government might be, we can always change it. Manuel L. Quezon government running country I want our people to be like a molave tree, strong and resilient, standing on the hillsides, unafraid of the rising tide, lighting and the storm, confident of its strength. Manuel L. Quezon strong tree people My loyalty to my party ends where my loyalty to my country begins. Manuel L. Quezon party loyalty country I prefer a government run like hell by Filipinos to a government run like heaven by Americans. Manuel L. Quezon government running heaven The Latin American people believed and feel that we Filipinos form part of that vast family, the children of Spain. Thus, although Spain ceased to govern those countries many years ago and although another nation is sovereign in the Philippines, those Latin-American peoples feel themselves as brothers to the people of the Philippines. It is the Spanish language that still binds us to those peoples, and the Spanish language will bind us to those peoples eternally if we have the wisdom and patriotism of preserving it. Manuel L. Quezon Similar Authors Diosdado Macapagal former-president-of-the-philippines Corazon Aquino former-president-of-the-philippines Gloria Macapagal Arroyo former-president-of-the-philippines Ferdinand Marcos former-president-of-the-philippines Emilio Aguinaldo former-president-of-the-philippines Joseph Estrada former-president-of-the-philippines All Authors
