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The trouble with dictatorship or absolute monarchy is that success or failure depend entirely upon the quality of the despot. That’s why they fail. And that’s why a democracy that limits the power of leaders is best — it still works, more or less, even when incompetent morons are in power.
But what about when the dictator is literally the single best person to lead? In those almost non-existently rare instances, despotism is by far the best form of government. Heaven, for example, is not a democracy.
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#NINOY AQUINO’s undated speech in Dallas (1981 - 83) how he intended to solve the insurgency in the South http://t.co/gJA8xYf via @youtube
In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends
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Martin Luther King Jr.
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I would rather have a country run like hell by Filipinos than a country run like heaven by the Americans, because however a bad Filipino government might be, we can always change it.
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Manuel L Quezon |
New designs for the Philippine bank notes are about to be released.
Of all the new bank notes that’s about to be released, it is the 500 peso-bill that attracted more attention. With the image of former president Corazon Aquino added to the image of her husband Benigno ‘Ninoy’ Aquino Jr. and bearing the signature of their son, the current Philippine president Benigno ‘Nonoy’ Aquino III. The first time that happened in any bank currency in the world.
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Tagumpay.
