"Let me, however, add that it is wasted effort to steep the young in virtue and morality only to let them realize as they grow up that their elders are neither moral
nor virtuous."
President Diosdado Macapagal, in 1962, talked of the need for moral regeneration among Filipinos. He said the country needed programs that would restore the moral fiber of the nation and instill "values that would invigorate our democracy." He added that more than ...
more "Let me, however, add that it is wasted effort to steep the young in virtue and morality only to let them realize as they grow up that their elders are neither moral
nor virtuous."
President Diosdado Macapagal, in 1962, talked of the need for moral regeneration among Filipinos. He said the country needed programs that would restore the moral fiber of the nation and instill "values that would invigorate our democracy." He added that more than legality, a politician's actions should be guided by morality.
"To the true public servant and the statesman, there is only one duty—to do with courage not what is popular, but what is good for the people," he said in his 1963 SONA.
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