User:Marc Magtibay/sandbox

Manuel L. Quezon Born in 19 August 1878 and died in 1 August 1944, was a Filipino statesman, soldier and politician who served as president of the Commonwealth of the Philippines from 1935 until his death in 1944. He was the first Filipino to head a government of the entire Philippines, and is considered to have been the second president of the Philippines, after Emilio Aguinaldo (1899–1901), whom Quezon defeated in the [Philippine presidential election|1935 presidential election].

The statement that took my interest in “The Policies and Achievements of the Government and Regeneration of the Filipino” (Excerpt) by Manuel L. Quezon is "The Filipino of today is soft, easy-going. His tendency is towards parasitism. He is uninclined to sustained strenuous effort! He lacks earnestness. Face-saving is the dominant note in the confused symphony of his existence. His sense of righteousness is often dulled by the desire of personal gain. His norm of conduct is generally prompted by expediency rather than by principle. He shows a failing in that superb courage which impels action because it is right, even at the cost of self-sacrifice. His greatest fear is not to do wrong, but of being caught doing wrong. He is frivolous in his view of life. His conception of virtue is many times conventional. He takes his religion lightly. He thinks that lip-service and profession are equivalent to deep and abiding faith. He is inconstant; he lacks perseverance; the first obstacles baffle him, and he easily admits defeat. The patriotism of many Filipinos of today is skin-deep, incapable of inspiring heroic deeds. There are those who are apt to compromise with ethical principles and to regard truth as not incompatible with misrepresentation or self-deceit." As many of today's modern government officials don't actually care for the people but rather they want to be more popular and richer than anyone as they can earn more money by stealing the people's money and other types of corruption. They just abuse their authority and money as they please and only a few truly cares about our nation and people. I think people should realize that and vote for the right people that can actually contribute to the people and improve their lives into a much better state than before as the our current economy is slowly falling off.