Aling pag-ibig pa ang hihigit kaya sa pagkadalisay at pagkadakila, gaya ng pag-ibig sa tinubuang lupa?
“What love could surpass in purity and greatness the love for one's native land?”
The opening line of Bonifacio's revolutionary poem, exalting love of country as the purest and greatest of all loves.
— Andrés Bonifacio, Philippines
Source: Andrés Bonifacio, Pag-ibig sa Tinubuang Lupa (1896)
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