QUOTES OF MANUEL L. QUEZON WITH TAGALOG TRANSLATION

1. I prefer a country run like hell by Filipinos to a country run like heaven by Americans. Because, however bad a Filipino government might be, we can always change it.

Higit kong nanaisin ang bayan na ang pamahalaan ay mala-impyernong pinatatakbo ng mga Filipino kaysa sa makalangit na pagpapatakbo ng mga Amerikano dahil kahit gaano kasama ang pamamahala ng Filipino, maari nating silang palitan.

2. My loyalty to my party ends where my loyalty to my country begins.

Ang aking katapatan sa aking partido ay nagtatapos kung saan ang aking katapatan sa aking bayan nagsisimula.


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MANUEL L. QUEZON-TALAMBUHAY

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MANUEL L. QUEZON-TALAMBUHAY

Si MANUEL L. QUEZON y MOLINA ay ang unang pangulo ng Commonwealth ng Pilipinas. Siya ay maituturing na ikalawang pangulo ng bansa pagkatapos ni Emilio Aguinaldo na ang pamamahal bilang pangulo ay hindi kinilala ng Estados Unidos at ng ibang bansa.

Si MANUEL LUIS QUEZON ay ipinanganak noong Agosto 19, 1878 sa Baler, Tayabas (Quezon). Ang kanyang ama ay si Lucio Quezon na taga Paco, Manila at si Maria Dolores Molina. Nag-aral siya ng pagpapadalubhasa sa Batas sa Pamantasan ng Sto. Tomas. Siya ay nakapasa bilang abugado noong 1903. Siya ay naging piskal sa kaniyang lalawigan at di lumaon siya ay nahalal bilang gobernador.

Noong 1907, siya ay tumakbo sa bandila ng Partido ng Nacionalista bilang kinatawan sa Asembliya mg Pilipinas . Siya ang naging lider ng mayorya (majority floor )leader dahil sa inani niyang malaking boto.

Pinangunahan niya ang unang delegasyon na nakapag-uwi ng TYDINGS-MCDUFFIE INDEPENDENCE LAW noong 1934.


Siya ay nahalal na Unang Pangulo ng Commonwealth ng Pilipinas . Ang kaniyang pagsisikap na makuha ang kalayaan ay nag resulta sa pagsulat ng Konstitusyon noong 1935.

Siya ay kasal kay Aurora Aragon at mayroon silang naging apat na anak. Sila ay sina María Aurora "Baby" Quezon (1919-1949), María Zeneida "Nini" Quezon-Avancena (1921-), Luisa Corazón Paz "Nenita" Quezon (1923-1923) and Manuel L. "Nonong" Quezon, Jr. (1926-1998). Ang kaniyang apo na si Manuel (Manolo) Quezon III ay isang magaling na manunulat.

Namatay si Manuel l. Quezon noong Agosto 1, 1944 sa Saranac Lake.

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TALUMPATI NI MANUEL L. QUEZON

TALUMPATI NI MANUEL L. QUEZON

MENSAHE SA AKING MGA KABABAYAN
MANUEL L.QUEZON
This was written in English and Spanish. The English version was from Manuel L. Quezon's article in PDI in 2004. The translation in Tagalog is mine.

Mga kababayan: Mayroon akong isipan na nais kong lagi ninyong alalahanin. Ito ay:
Na kayo ay mga Filipino. Na ang Pilipinas ay inyong bayan, nag-iisang ibinigay ng Diyos sainyo. Na kailangang alagaan ninyo ito para sainyong sarili, para sainyong anak at mga anak ng inyong mga anak, hanggang sa katapusan ng daigdig. Ag inyong buhay ay dapat para sa bayan at kung hinihingi ng pagkakataon na ibuwis ito ay
humandang mamatay para sa sariling bayan.

Ang inyong bayan ay dakila. Dakila ang nakaraan nito at may naghihintay na magandang kinabukasan. Ang Pilipinas nang mga nakaraang taon ay dinilig ng dugo at pag-aalay ng buhay ng mga bayani, mga martir at mga sundalo.

Ang Pilipinas ngayon ay pinararangalan ng mga pinunong mataos na nagmamahal, nagsisilbi ng hindi makasarili at may tapang ng loob.

Ang Pilipinas kinabukasan ay magiging bayan ng kasaganaan, kaligayahan at ng kalayaan.

Isang bansa na nakataas ang noo sa Kanlurang Pasipiko, hawak ang sariling kapalaran,
sa kaniyang kamay ay tangan ang ilaw ng kalayaan at ng demokrasya. Isang republika ng mga mararangal na mamamayan na may paninindigan at sama-samang magsisikap na paunlarin ang daigdig natin ngayon.



English Version:


Message to My People
MANUEL L.QUEZON

My fellow citizens: there is one thought I want you always to bear in mind. And that is: that you are Filipinos. That the Philippines are your country, and the only country God has given you. That you must keep it for yourselves, for your children, and for your children's children, until the world is no more. You must live for it, and die for it, if necessary.

The Philippines of today are honored by the wholehearted devotion to its cause of unselfish and courageous statesmen. The Philippines of tomorrow will be the country of plenty, of happiness, and of freedom. A Philippines with her head raised in the midst of the West Pacific, mistress of her own destiny, holding in her hand the torch of freedom and democracy. A republic of virtuous and righteous men and women all working together for a better world than the one we have at present.


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MANUEL L. QUEZON BIOGRAPHY (ENGLISH)

For the biography of MANUEL L. QUEZON in Tagalog, please refer to this page.

MANUEL L. QUEZON y Molina was the first president of the Commonwealth of the Philippines. He is considered the second President of the Philippines, after Emilio Aguinaldo (whose administration did not receive international recognition at the time and is not considered the first president by the United States; (August 19, 1878 – August 1, 1944).

Manuel Luis Quezon was born on August 19, 1878 in Baler, Tayabas (now Quezon), to Lucio Quezon, a native of Paco, Manila and Maria Dolores Molina. He studied law at the University of Sto. Tomas and passed the bar examinations in 1903. He became the fiscal of his home province and was soon elected governor.In the 1907 election, he ran for the Philippine Assembly under the Nacionalista Party, won by a large majority, and became the majority floor leader.In 1909, he was elected Resident Commissioner to Washington D.C., a post he held until 1916. His most significant achievement was the passage of the Jones Act that provided for the grant of Philippine independence.He was elected senator in 1916 and eventually became Senate President. He headed the first Independence Mission to the U.S. Congress, and brought home the Tydings-McDuffie Independence Law in 1934.The “ Star of Baler “ shone as the First President of the Commonwealth after his brilliant performance as the First Senate President. He was steadfast in his vision to deliver the masses from the shackles of colonialism which intensified his efforts to secure independence for his country. Such vision culminated in the establishment of political stability within the framework of the 1935 Constitution, the formulation of policies to ensure the social well-being of the people, and the adjustment of the national economy to the challenges of independent nationhood. He was a dynamic Filipino leader and a true friend of the poor and the oppressed whom he loved and cared so well. Quezon is one of the most illustrious sons our country has ever produced.Quezon was married to Aurora Aragon and had four children. He died on August 1, 1944 in Saranac Lake, New York.

source: Senate

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