"We have been a colonized country. We have passed through all the trials and tribulations of a colonized people. It took us centuries and centuries to fight, to struggle, and to win our fight for the recognition of our independence."
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Lorenzo Sumulong, as quoted in Official Records, 15th Session of the UN General Assembly
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