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= Speech of President Quezon on Building the Character of the Youth, August 25, 1938 =

[Delivered at the Zamboanga Normal School, City of Zamboanga, August 25, 1938]
During his presidency, President Quezon tackled about building the character of the youth. His other major decisions include what we have learned to the practical uses of life, the ability to assimilate what we learn, and the power to think truthfully—that is knowledge. Those people who haven't self-pride are not entitled to receive the benefits of self-government. That true patriotism does not consist in shouting your love for your country, but true patriotism is shown in your everyday life. True patriotism does not consist in shouting that you are willing to die for your country. Just do your duty every day and you will be patriots. We must eat enough to keep us healthy, we must dress well to look decent, and we must enjoy enough to give our spirit emotion and your nerves relaxation, but all the time we must have an objective in our lives, have an idea and pursue it.

He said that the place where we should start the revival of the Filipino people should be in school, be it the primary, intermediate, secondary, and normal, and in college. It must start there. It is during the formative period of our character that we should be given a proper outlook of life. He also said in this speech that there are a few things very much more important than gold, comforts, and riches—and those tire ideals. A man or a woman who has no ideals in life lives like an animal. That he may be a millionaire and he may have automobiles, a palace, and a yacht, but he will be just like an animal unless he has ideals and his spirit is satisfied. The value of a people is not measured by its material possession but by its moral character.