"Rizal is the spirit of contradiction; a soul that dreads the revolution, although deep down desires it."
— José Rizal

January 1, 1970

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Miguel de Unamuno, philosopher-writer, in his essay "Rizal, the Tagalog Hamlet", in Rizal: Contrary Essays (1990)