Renato Constantino -- 'Miseducation of the Filipino' "We never thought we could industrialize because in school, we were primarily an agricultural country by geographical location and by the innate potentiality of our own people."

Sayak Valencia -- 'Gore Capitalism' "...we do not need First World discourses to explain the realities of the g-local Third World." "We believe that First World discourse should pay attention to what Third World discourses have to say about the evolution of the world of capital and the world more generally." "To conceive the Third World as a geopolitically immutable space -- without any possibility for action, empowerment, or the creation of its own discursive frame is the clear indication of disdain implicit in a colonialist position." “We do not seek saviors or discourses of salvation, but rather for our own processes of empowerment to be recognized as subjects of the same order and with the same validity of western subjects, without being categorized or translated as identical to them or as a monolith.”

Gerard Lico -- 'Arkitekturang Filipino' "Architecture constitutes our visual culture, but unlike painting and sculpture, it pervades every thread of our existence, creating a tapestry of meaningful experiences."