what is the factual statement of dr. jose rizal
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Dr. Jose Rizal’s birthday comes to us this year with the dawn of independence. The 85th anniversary of this great day thus becomes all the more significant with the final realization this year of the ideal for which he so willingly gave his life.
The great lesson that our people should draw from the teachings of Rizal is that education for all the people is essential to prepare them for a proper discharge of the duties of citizenship in a free country.
It should, indeed, by easy to understand Rizal’s concern over the limited opportunities for education and public enlightenment during his time. The government then did not pursue a policy of public education to instruct the people in their rights and duties as free citizens. This is being done now and the chief purpose of our system of education is to prepare the people for active and intelligent participation in the affairs of government. This was one of Rizal’s major objectives.
When Rizal said that a people have the government that they deserve, he expressed the essence of the democratic principle. This is true today. The people can have the government that they want. But their will must be expressed in accordance with the processes established by law—peacefully and not through violence. Our laws provide ample and untrammeled opportunities for such expression after a free and intelligent discussion of public questions. This free and intelligent discussion is most desirable. The people should be informed of all the facts, the true facts, and should be guided in their decisions without prejudice, without selfish partisan motive, without any other aim in view except the enduring welfare of the people themselves.
This is in accord with Rizal’s philosophy; it is the way of democracy, it is the manner in which our government should function.
My uppermost thought on this 85th anniversary of Rizal’s birthday, therefore, is that our people should drink deep of the hero’s teachings and learn to apply them to the problems of everyday life. As Rizal has well said, the solution of our problems lies in intelligent study, not in violent action. With our country free, we will need the guidance of Rizal more and more, and I hope, as we live an independent existence, we shall always be inspired by his ideals and encouraged by his noble deeds.