President MANUEL LUIS QUEZON: Message to the People of the Philippines | Circa 1920's

A PilipinasMabuhay100 exclusive: His Excellency, President MANUEL LUIS QUEZON, Second President of the Philippines (First President of the Philippine Commonwealth) (1935-1944), in a speech broadcast to the Filipino People — delivered in the 1920's-30s.

A RARE RECORDING!
According to President Quezon's grandson, now Undersecretary of the Presidential Communications Development and Strategic Planning Office, Manuel 'Manolo' L. Quezon III, this speech was delivered after the President was diagnosed with tuberculosis and "assumed that he didn't have much longer to live."

During his tenure, President Quezon led the Philippines on its first steps towards full independence; painstakingly established a government-in-exile in the United States during the Japanese occupation of the Philippines and lifted up the morale of the Filipino People in the midst of war through his frequent radio broadcasts.

Quezon died of tuberculosis in Saranac Lake, New York on August 1, 1944; Vice-President Sergio S. Osmeña succeeded him as the Third President of the Philippines (Second President of the Philippine Commonwealth.)

Two years later, his dream was realized at last; the Republic of the Philippines was finally inaugurated as a sovereign, independent nation on the 4th of July, 1946, with Manuel L. Roxas as the newly-elected President of the Philippines.

"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."
- Manuel L. Quezon

*Presidential Communications Operations Office Undersecretary (and grandson of President Quezon), Manuel 'Manolo' Quezon III, has approved the broadcast of this remarkable speech.*
*SPECIAL THANKS to our dear friend, NinoyAquinoTV, for all the help!*

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[elsomnoliento]

cont... Su futuro será tan grande como creáis hacerlo. Veo un porvenir a filipinas con su frente gira en medio del océano pacifico, llevando en la mano la antorcha de la democracia y de la libertad. Una república prospera y feliz, de mujeres y hombres virtuosos y libres, amantes de la justicia y de la orden, trabajando juntos por mejorar la suerte de toda la humanidad.

[pilipinasmabuhay100]

@elsomnolientoI Likewise here. Thanks for posting the Spanish version of President Quezon's address. Really appreciate it.

[xxxx2228]

Spanish should have been chosen as national language simply because it is the language that has the most influence on Philippine languages. Cebuano language has a lot of borrowed Spanish words, even Tagalog, and other native languages as well. And also, keep native languages in their respective provinces as co-official to Spanish or English.

I am not against Tagalog, for I am a Tagalog. What I'm against at is the imposition of Tagalog to non-Tagalogs.

[RoyalKnightVIII]

@xxxx2228 Well why not Chavacano? It may be a Spanish creole but it's been Filipinoized!

[sam74]

Great video, thank you!

It is unfortunate that my fellow Filipinos are misinformed or just plain uneducated about their own history. I suggest reading the English translations of the historical accounts of the Philippines that were originally written in Spanish, then one can truly understand and appreciate what Spain has done. We are more hispanic than you think.

Every colonizer was brutal in those days, even the Americans except they were good at hiding it - they re-wrote our history books.

[gloryjade226]

I'm a Filipino...mi entiender español ..porque mis abuelos nos enseña a hablar español..

[ft06jg89]

@xxxx2228 TAE MO

[xxxx2228]

The problem with most Filipinos (regardless of ethnic group) is that they use the term "dialect" to refer to all native languages in the Philippines. It’s as if Tagalog/Filipino is the only tongue worthy of being called a language. That thinking is worse than “colonial mentality” as it disrespects the cultural diversity of our country.

[SuperSelwyn1]

dapat si aguinaldo ang nagsasabi niyan kung di sana tayo sinakop ng amerika!

[bartopsyche]

truly a gentleman of his time! am very sorry that we did'nt live your dreams. today we have a president called p-noy, bugok na itlog.

[thatgamerSUCKS12]

the philippine english back then was so clear........but now its so unclear.we must speak english how we spoke it back then because people insult us for how we speak it!!

[GuruOfGreatness]

@xxxx2228 Madami ding nakuhang words sa French ang English. Hindi naman French ang first language ng USA diba?