José Rizal
Philippine Patriot

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In the Philippine Islands the American Government has tried, and is trying, to carry out exactly what the greatest genius and most revered patriot ever known in the Philippines, José Rizal, steadfastly advocated,

—Theodore Roosevelt, then President of the United States, in a public address at Fargo, N. D., April 7, 1903.

Philippine Money and Postage Stamps, with the Rizal Portrait

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The Portrait of Rizal in 1883 Painted in Oil by Felix Resurreccion Hidalgo.

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