In honor of the great martyrs of the Philippine Revolution who valiantly organized the people to fight against the tyranny of the Spanish Colonizers, and whose blood and sacrifices brought forth a new dawn to these enslaved islands after more than 300 years of darkness, we are republishing the revolutionary tenets of the Katipunan which, in essence, rival that of all hitherto International and Municipal laws: Ang Kartilya ng Katipunan (primer of the Katipunan) written by Emilio Jacinto.The Revolution of the Katipunan may well have been thwarted by American imperialism at the turn of the 20th century, but it is noteworthy to declare that our people, who at that time were only beginning to form the concept of nationhood, were more than able to organize a revolutionary force that would liberate the entire islands from their Spanish colonizers.
Ang Kartilya ng Katipunan
- A life that is not dedicated to a noble cause is like a tree without a shade or a poisonous weed.
- A deed lacks nobility if it is motivated by self-interest and not by a sincere desire to help.
- True piety consists of being charitable, loving one’s fellow men, and being judicious in behavior, speech and deed.
- All persons are equal, regardless of the color of their skin. While one could have more schooling, wealth, or beauty than another, all that does not make one more human than anybody else.
- A person with a noble character values honor above self-interest, while a person with a base character values self-interest above honor.
- To a person of honor, his/her word is a pledge.
- Don’t waste time; lost wealth can be retrieved, but time lost is lost forever.
- Defend the oppressed and fight the oppressor.
- The wise person is careful in all he/she has to say and is discreet about things that need to be kept secret./ An intelligent man is he who is cautious in speech and knows how to keep the secrets that must be guarded.
- In the thorny path of life, the man leads the way and his wife and children follow. If the leader goes the way to perdition, so do the followers. (Note: This begins with an observation of the vertical relationship of husband and wife during the time of the Katipunan; now, we can say that the parents lead the way and the children follow.)
- Never regard a woman as an object for you to trifle with; rather you should consider her as a partner and helpmate. Give proper consideration to a woman’s frailty and never forget that your own mother, who brought you forth and nurtured you from infancy, is herself such a person.
- Don’t do to the wife, children, brothers, and sisters of others what you do not want done to your wife, children, brothers, and sisters.
- A man’s worth is not measured by his station in life, neither by the height of his nose nor the fairness of skin, and certainly not by whether he is a priest claiming to be God’s deputy. Even if he a tribesman from the hills and speaks only his tongue, a man has fine perceptions and is loyal to his native land.
- When these teachings shall have been propagated and the glorious sun of freedom begins to shine on these poor Islands to enlighten a united race and people, then all the lives lost, all the struggle and the sacrifices will not have been in vain.
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