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Brig. Gen. Danilo Lim
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"The time is
ripe for the Filipinos to make a decision. Will it be GMA or change? If we
are going to chose Arroyo, that means we are satisfied with our and the
country’s condition and we can bear her until 2010 and onwards. If we are
going to chose change, that means we want, we are hoping that the quality of
our life and of our fellowmen will be improved or we are hoping to have
peace and progress in our country. The Armed Forces will support the people whichever side they will take. The military is bound to uphold its constitutional mandate as protector of the people and the state. That’s the only principle that should be embraced by the military. That’s the essence of the military…It’s not to defend a particular person or a particular institution but to protect the people."
Ltsg. Antonio Trillanes IV ===============
"Hindi maikukulong ng mga rehas na bakal ang pakikibakang umusbong na...
There is no reward for me in this fight except the knowledge that should I die, I die in peace, for I am fighting for our people and our country."
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“Alam kong tama ako e. Sino ang matatakot kung ang sasabihin mo ‘yung tama? ‘Yung pagsabi ko ng katotohanan e reflective ng sentiments at ‘yung ideas ng karamihan sa Armed Forces,”
Lt. Col. Alexander Balutan
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"I’m ready to tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth in this investigation because I believe the truth shall set us free.
I am also here in my capacity as the Assistant Superintendent of the Phil. Military Academy where we teach the cadets the honor code that the cadet does not cheat, does not steal, does not lie nor tolerate any of these three. I would not have the courage to face the cadets when I myself will not tell the truth."
Brig. Gen. Francisco Gudani
================ "Courage, Integrity, Loyalty are time tested values and virtues demonstrated by great military leaders, especially marines, of the past. The same virtues no longer exist in the vocabulary of many officials in this armed organization. The phrase “an officer and a gentleman” has lost its true meaning in the hearts and minds of many cavaliers. Survival, according to the most respected Officer-In-Command, is now the rule that governs the behavior of almost everybody in the AFP. I’m sorry, Sir, but please don’t count me in." Col. Orlando De Leon
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"We cannot stand idly by while the rule of law, the moral order, the integrity of our institutions, the very future of our country and the people, and our own professional careers are destroyed by this bogus President. We cannot afford to do nothing while she and her cohorts turn our government into a criminal syndicate. We cannot allow ourselves to be used as a tool of injustice and oppression. We must act, and we must act now.
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"We may lose hope in winning this battle for freedom because of inadequate force in terms of weapon, but one thing is never lost, our dream to die for the cause of true independence…
We cannot free ourselves unless we move forward united in a single desire...
Mindful of the common good, we aspire to the glory of obtaining liberty, independence and honor for the country. We aspire to have a common law, created for all citizens, which will serve them as a guarantee and assurance of respect, without exemption. We aspire to have a government which will represent all the active forces of the country, in which will take part the most capable, the most worthy in virtues and talents, without regard to their birth, their wealth or tribe to which they belong..."
Gen. Emilio Aguinaldo ===============
"I am surrounded by fearful odds that will overcome me and my gallant men, but I am pleased to die fighting for my beloved country… I realize what a terrible task has been given me. And yet, I felt that this is the most glorious moment of my life. What I do is done for my beloved country. No sacrifice can be too great." Gen. Gregorio del Pilar ===============
"I will defend my country until I exhaust the last recourse for the cause... thus complying with my oath to the flag."
Gen. Antonio Luna ===============
Uma-asa akong di ka pababayaan nyong nagsipangakong ika'y sakbibihan; Umaasa akong iyo nang kakamtan ang dakilang layon, iyong kasarinlan... Ang ibong maliit na daigdigan ay magkakapakpak at nababagwisan, Nagkakaayos, sadyang tumatapang kung dumarating na ang kapanahunan." Gen. Artemio Ricarte ===============
Gen. Santiago Alvarez =============== |
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"You fomented social decay without sowing a single idea. From the ferment of vices could only surge revulsion... True, the vices of a government are fatal to it, cause its death, but they also kill society in whose bosom they unfold. An immoral government assumes a demoralized people, an administration without conscience, rapacious and servile citizens in the towns; bandits and brigands in the mountains! Like master, like slave; like government, like country!...
The school of suffering tempers; the arena of combat strengthens the soul. I do not mean to say that our freedom is to be won by the blade of the sword; the sword enters very little now in modern destinies, yes, but we must win it, deserving it, raising the intelligence and the dignity of the individual, loving the just, the good, the great, even dying for it, and when a people reach that height, God provides the weapon, and the idols fall, the tyrants fall like a house of cards and liberty shines with the first dawn...
Where are the youth who will consecrate their golden hours, their illusions, and enthusiasm for the welfare of their country? Where are they who would generously shed their blood to wash away so much shame, so much crime, so much abomination? Pure and spotless the victim has to be for the holocaust to be acceptable!... Where are you, youth who will incarnate in yourselves the vigor of life that has fled from our veins, the purity of ideas that have been soiled in our minds and the fire of enthusiasm that has been extinguished in our hearts?... We wait for you, O youth! Come, for we await you!"
Gat Jose Rizal (Padre Florentino, El Filibusterismo) ===============
"Reason tells us that we must not waste our time waiting in vain for promises of felicity that ill never come, that will never materialize. Reason tells us that we must rely upon ourselves alone and never entrust our rights and our life to anyone else. Reason teaches us top be united in sentiment, thought and purpose, so that we may acquire the strength necessary to crush the evil that is affecting our people...
Therefore, o my countrymen! Let us scatter the mist that befogs our intellect, and let us consecrate all our strength to the good cause, with unshakable and absolute faith in its success, and in the ultimate prosperity, so anxiously desired by us, of the land of our birth."
Gat Andres Bonifacio ===============
"Do not recognize the authority of any person who had not been elected by thee and thy compatriots, for all authority emanates from God, and since God speaks in the conscience of each individual, the person designated and proclaimed by the individual consciences of a whole people is the only one who can wield real authority...
A revolution may be conducted against a national government, if such a government has abused the power placed at its disposal by the people, with the purpose of having injustice administered, by using this power to drown out the public voice and at the same time to administer to its own convenience or caprice...
Upang maitindig natin ang bantayog ng ating lipunan, kailangang radikal nating baguhin hindi lamang ang ating mga institusyon kundi maging ang ating pag-iisip at pamumuhay. Kailangan ang rebolusyon, hindi lamang sa panlabas, kundi lalo na sa panloob!...
If the people are with us, we can rest assured that if we do not triumph today, we shall do so tomorrow or after tomorrow. If they are not with us, we shall be decimated.
Apolinario Mabini ===============
A man's worth does not consists in being a king, or in having a pointed nose and a white skin, or in exercising as a priest the office of being God's representative. It does not consist in being one of the great ones of the earth. What though a man be born and raised in the wilderness, and speak no other language but his own? If his ways are gentle, if his word is true, if he cherishes his good name, if he neither tolerates nor commits injustice, if he knows how to love the land that gave him birth and to come to her assistance, that man is really and truly great." Emilio Jacinto ===============
"We may lose hope in winning this battle for freedom because of inadequate force in terms of weapon, but one thing is never lost, our dream to die for the cause of true independence…
We cannot free ourselves unless we move forward united in a single desire...
Mindful of the common good, we aspire to the glory of obtaining liberty, independence and honor for the country. We aspire to have a common law, created for all citizens, which will serve them as a guarantee and assurance of respect, without exemption. We aspire to have a government which will represent all the active forces of the country, in which will take part the most capable, the most worthy in virtues and talents, without regard to their birth, their wealth or tribe to which they belong..."
Gen. Emilio Aguinaldo ===============
"I am surrounded by fearful odds that will overcome me and my gallant men, but I am pleased to die fighting for my beloved country… I realize what a terrible task has been given me. And yet, I felt that this is the most glorious moment of my life. What I do is done for my beloved country. No sacrifice can be too great." Gen. Gregorio del Pilar ===============
"I will defend my country until I exhaust the last recourse for the cause... thus complying with my oath to the flag."
Gen. Antonio Luna
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... Uma-asa akong di ka pababayaan nyong nagsipangakong ika'y sakbibihan; Umaasa akong iyo nang kakamtan ang dakilang layon, iyong kasarinlan... Ang ibong maliit na daigdigan ay magkakapakpak at nababagwisan, Nagkakaayos, sadyang tumatapang kung dumarating na ang kapanahunan." Gen. Artemio Ricarte ===============
Gen. Santiago Alvarez ===============
"Aling
pag-ibig pa ang hihigit kaya sa pagka dalisay at pagka dakila gaya ng
pag-ibig sa tinubuang lupa? Aling pag-ibig pa? Wala na nga wala...
Kayong nalagasan ng bunga't bulaklak, kahoy nyaring buhay na nilantat sukat ng balabalakid makapal na hirap, muling manariwat sa baya'y lumiyag...
Ipahandog handog ang buong pag-ibig hanggang sa may dugo'y ubusing itiguis. Kung sa pagtatanggol buhay ay kapalit, ito'y kapalaran at tunay na langit."
Gat Andres Bonifacio ===============
"If the invaders had lances made of metal, we, men of Mactan, had lances made of wood, with tips hardened in fire."
Lapu-Lapu
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Filipinism, nationalism: this is my unconquerable faith and my burning hope... It is the one logical and courageous answer of Filipino patriotism to all the plots and designs to keep our people forever subservient to foreign interests. It is a banner of freedom proclaiming the national interests of the people, to be promoted and safeguarded by themselves, so that the fruits of their efforts and wealth derived from their God-given resources shall, at long last, accrue to them and thus enable all of our people to rise above poverty and march on to prosperity, contentment, and dignity."
Claro Mayo Recto
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"The Philippines is our country. No foreigner - American, Russian, Japanese, Chinese - can love it more than we love it.
The Philippines is our country. Its boon and beauty belong to us first - before to anybody else.
The Philippines is our country. It is made up of an impoverished mass - farmers, laborers, workers - with a capacity, however, for great purpose and great achievement.
It is to the uplift of their lot that we must dedicate ourselves and commit our energies - to make the good life available to all of them, not limit the good life to the exploitative, self-perpetuating ruling class.
The Philippines is our country. Out of this recognition, we shall endow our people with new creed and a new spirit, translating our people’s sentiments into one binding national ideology - Filipinism, the true Filipino ideology... It is time, I say, that we cast our fledgling innocence away and chart our path by what is good for us. The call upon us is clear. We are called upon to a task just as heroic as going to battle, which our forebears did. We are called upon: to reform our government, to remake our policies, to recast our society. It is, I know, a towering job. But this - precisely - is the challenge to us. Let us not be overwhelmed. Let us fight. Let us not abdicate. Let us strive. Let us not yield to despair. Let us keep our hopes alive. Benigno Aquino, Sr. =============== |
"The military institution that we envision is one that is highly professionalized; where promotions are based on merits and not on mere personal loyalties and favors; where its mantle of protection and security are showered to all Filipinos not just to the elite and privileged few; where nationalism, patriotism and service to the Filipino people and nation become the fundamental virtues and ideals; where its role is not limited to a mere security force but an active partner in nation building. In short, what we envision and would want to rebuild is an AFP that is genuinely the Army of the Filipino People…
In the fields, many soldiers go on constant long patrols with empty stomachs and gradually being out-uniformed and out-armed by communist and secessionist rebels. Countless junior officers find themselves placed in a situation where they cannot do anything but cry as they watch their mens and comrades die needlessly for lack of medical supplies or suitable transport. One must go through such experience before one can understand how bitterly it feels. All because of corrupt officials entrenched in the higher echelons in their air-conditioned offices. These are not the kind of people whom we are dying for!...
So when we talk of questions like “whose side does YOU identify itself with” - we can only say, we are on the side of those who believe that the Filipino people’s interest must be paramount and should be the basis of our action. We declare that we shall always be on the side of the Filipino people...
We military men are not robots. We too have conscience, and between obedience to a corrupt, vindictive, incompetent, isolated and muppet regime and loyalty to the people, we chose the latter; for after all, we are Filipino first before we are soldiers. The concrete conditions in our society now compel us, soldiers and citizens, to topple this government in accordance with our constitutional duty and right to revolution. Indeed, the fundamental law of the land recognizes the AFP as the protector of the people and state, we soldiers are therefore bound by our sacred duty to protect the Filipino masses against a corrupt, incompetent, vindictive, isolated and muppet government."
Young Officers Union (YOU)
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"We vow to continue the unfinished revolution of our forefathers, the truly nationalist Philippine Revolution of 1896. We declare that we will work to achieve genuine national independence, redeem our sovereignty, and liberate our people from the chains of political, social, and economic slavery forged by foreign imperialists and their Filipino collaborators...
We offer the country, not the tarnished vision of EDSA 1986, cheapened beyond recognition by this Administration, but the revolutionary spirit of 1896 and its noble dream, a dream filled with a fierce yearning for change.
The dream is true independence, a sovereign nation, a just and wise government, genuine nationalism, respect for the law, freedom in its best sense and reconciliation - in short, democracy as the Filipino revolutionaries of 1986 installed but only fleetingly enjoyed before it was perverted by succeeding decades of subjugation, tyranny and pretense...
We know that the struggle and sacrifice of our forefathers and our own recent catharsis of blood and fire shall not have been in vain if we band together and act to bring the revolution to its inevitable conclusion - a Filipino nation enjoying authentic democracy under a regime of justice, peace, liberty, fraternity and equality.
Our dreams shall never die."
Rebolusyonayong Alyansang Makabansa - Soldiers of the Filipino People (RAM-SFP)
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"We stand before our people to declare our withdrawal of support from the chain of command of the AFP and the government of Gloria Macapagal Arroyo. We have experienced the true situation of our soldiers. We have shared hardships and sacrifices in the face of an armed conflict, but the support we need against the jaws of death have been pocketed by a few leaders looking out only for their selfish interests.
We believe that we cannot attain genuine peace while the corrupt and greedy are leading the AFP and the PNP. And without peace, the Philippines cannot prosper.
We have taken this stand now, not only to air the grievances of the members of the AFP but to lend our voice to the grievances of the Filipino people. To all our fellow members of the AFP and the Filipino people, if you judge that what we are fighting for is wrong, we stand here before you and you can take our lives. But if you judge that we are right, we ask you to take a stand and support our struggle. All of these are for a better future and for the good of the coming generations. "
Armed Forces of the Philippines
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The Arroyo regime deceives its armed forces into fighting its battles of self-aggrandizement while undermining the military at every turn. It tells its armed services to fight terrorism without laws to protect them and the people. Many of our men have already died of loss of blood fighting a war they do not even understand. Occasionally, it throws the military a bone to chew on, like guard dogs to be placated from hunger and neglect. More than 60,000 of our men in uniform are living in squalors in the urban centers as well as in the countryside.
It has reduced the once-proud military and police organizations into a private security force, dedicated to perpetuate its status quo. It maintains a Gestapo-like country intelligence organization not to spy on the real enemies of the State but to spy on the officer corps, rank-and file and other innocent targets.
It prostituted the intelligence service of the armed forces by ordering it to tape record private conversations of some officials and individuals, which accidentally recorded Mrs. Arroyo and others, against the advice of the officers of the intelligence command just to ensure their fraudulent election.
Let no one doubt this article of faith and covenant with our people and country. For we will fight fire with fire those who will stand in our way and undermine our determination to create a just, wise, efficient and stable society throughout the land."
Young Officers Union of the New Generation (YOUNG)
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"We belong to those whose conscience guide us to seek reforms. We deign to act guided by our aspirations... aspirations that we perceived are the reflections of the trust and confidence which the Filipino people have bestowed upon the AFP...
Our Reform Movement merely justifies the legitimate existence of the AFP as a true Army of the Filipino People...
We only have to ask ourselves - Does the AFP serve the purpose of the people and our country?
We Belong R.E.F.O.R.M. AFP Movemet
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"Sa
irog na Inang Bayang Pilipinas...
"What
will happen if a small number of comrades split and engage each other in
armed struggle? Should that happen, the enemy horde will ride triumphantly
over us and we will not be able to effectively defend ourselves against
them. This will come about because of our arrogance, and avarice will prod
us to betray our own brothers despite our commitment to the common goal of
freedom for the Motherland."
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