Love your country for it is the home of your people, the seat of your affections, and the source of your happiness and well-being. Its defense is your primary duty. Be ready at all times to sacrifice and die for it is necessary

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Title: Love your country for it is the home of your people, the seat of your affections, and the source of your happiness and well-being. Its defense is your primary duty. Be ready at all times to sacrifice and die for it is necessary
Language: English
Source: Code of Ethics submitted to the President of the Philippines
Year: 1940
Rights
Fulltext: yans, Akasi by tl1e Zambals, Guguranu by the Bicols, and Kabunian by the Ilocanos and the Igorots. In his enumeration of the Duties of the Sons of the People, Ilonifacio ordained: "l. Love God with all thy heart. '"2. Always bear in mind that' true love of God is love of thy country, and that this love is also the true love for thy fellowmen." Emili~ Jacinta, the brain of the Katipunan, in his Liwanag ~t ·Dil,im, said: "God is the father of Humanity, • and what a father requires of his children is not constant protestations of re'spect, fear, and love fol' him, but the performance of his mandates." Referring to the letter of Rizal . to the young women of Malolos, Marcelo H. de! Pilar wrote to the young women of Bulacan.: " ... the virtue most acceptable to the Crea-~ tor ·consists in perfecting the intelligence whi~h He, in His ' infinite love, granted to His creatu1·es to serve th'em -as a light upon the path of life." As a nation, the Filipinos demonstrated unity of belief in one Supreme Ruler a1 s much as oneness of political purpose. The Declaration of Philippine Independence at Kawit, · Cavite, on Jun~ 12, '1898, called upon "the Sup1·eme Judge of the Ull'iverse" as a witn~ss and invoked the protec.tion of "Divine Providence." The preamble of the Malolos Constitution of Janua ry 21, 0 1899, invoked the assistance of the "Sovereign Legislator of the Universe" for the ·attainment of its aims. And when Mabini exhorted hi• s compatriots of intransigence, convinced of the justice of the Philippine cause, he reminded them that "there is a Providence which punishes .the c1·ime of men and nation'S." Our Constitution, in establishing a government that shall embody the ideals of the Filipino people, implores "the aid of Divine Providence." (Preamble, Constitution.) Our Constitution recognizes the freedom of religious profession and worship. (Article III, section 1, paragraph 7, Constitution.) Religious tolerance is necessary so that there may be peace among men and nations. And, because of the tremendous importance of li:eligion as a moral force in the lives of private individual~, and with a view to giving impetus to .the formation of a ·God-fearing citizemy in so far as is compatible with the freedom of conscience, our Constitution or< 1ains that churches, buildings and improvements used exclusively for religious purposes shall be exempt from taxation 1.rt.rticle VI, section 14, paragraph 3) and provide·s for optional religious instruction in the public · schools (Article XIII, section 5 ). II LOVE YOUR COUNTRY FOR IT IS ..THE HOME OF YOUR PEOPLE, THE SEAT OF YOUR AFFECTIONS, AND THE SOURCE OF YOUR HAPPINESS AND WELL-BEING. ITS DEFENSE IS YOUR PRIMARY 1 DUTY. , BE READY AT ALL TIMES TO SACRIFICE AND DIE FOR IT IF NECESSARY. ' Love of. country is demonstrated not by words but by deeds. It is not an occasional virtue to be exhibited now and then, but it is a flame that should constantly be kept aglow in our hearts. It is unflinching deter-_ ruination to 'serve and defend one's country at all times and at all costs. Applinario Mabini, in his T /'/.te· D ecalogue, said: ' "Fourt.'1- Thou shalt love thy country after thy God and thy honor and more than thyself; for she is the only Paradise which God has given thee in this life, the only patrimony of thy race, the only inheritance of thy ancestors, and the only hope of thy posterity; because of her, thou hast life, love and intere·sts, happiness, honor and God. "Fi/th-Thou shalt strive for the happiness of thy counti-y .before thine own, making of her the kingdom of reason, of justice, and of labor.: for if she be happy, · thou, together with thy family, shalt likewise be 'happy. "Sixth-Thou sha,lt • strive for the independence of tey country: for only thou canst have any real interest in her ad\!ancement and exaltation, . because h~r independence constitutes thy own liberty; her advancement, thy perfection; and her exaltation, thy own ,g-lory and fmmortalit~ . * . "Ten.th- Thou 1 shalt consider thy countryman more than thy neighbor; thou shalt see in him thy friend, thy brother, or at least thy comrade, with whom thou art bound by one fate, by the same joys and sorrows, and by common aspirations and interests." THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT REVIEW SUPPLEMENT PAGE 5
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