Since it is necessary to grant six million Filipinos their rights, so that they may be in fact Spaniards, let the government grant these rights freely and spontaneously, without damaging reservations, without irritating mistrust.
There can be no tyrants where there are no slaves.
He who does not love his own language is worse than an animal and smelly fish.
Routine is a declivity down which many governments slide, and routine says that freedom of the press is dangerous.
Spain, must we some day tell Filipinas that thou hast no ear for her woes and that if she wishes to be saved she must redeem herself?
While a people preserves its language; it preserves the marks of liberty.