As we celebrate Ninoy Aquino Day, we remember Benigno "Ninoy" Simeon Aquino Jr., a Filipino politician who served as a senator of the Philippines (1967–1972) and governor of the province of Tarlac. He was assassinated on August 21, 1983 upon his return from exile in the United States. He was the husband of Corazon Aquino, who became the 11th president of the Philippines and father of Benigno Aquino III, who became the 15th president of the Philippines. Today's Inspiration Quote is his most iconic words of wisdom:
"I have asked myself many times: Is the Filipino worth suffering, or even dying, for? Is he not a coward who would readily yield to any colonizer, be he foreign or homegrown? Is a Filipino more comfortable under an authoritarian leader because he does not want to be burdened with the freedom of choice? Is he unprepared, or worse, ill-suited for presidential or parliamentary democracy? I have carefully weighed the virtues and the faults of the Filipino and I have come to the conclusion that he is worth dying for because he is the nation’s greatest untapped resource."
Source: www.sunlife.com.ph
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