Carlos P. Romulo Quotes

Carlos Peña Romulo, was a Filipino diplomat, statesman, soldier, journalist and author. He was a reporter at 16, a newspaper editor by the age of 20, and a publisher at 32. He was a co-founder of the Boy Scouts of the Philippines, a general in the US Army and the Philippine Army, university president, President of the UN General Assembly, was eventually named one of the Philippines' National Artists in Literature, and was the recipient of many other honors and honorary degrees. He was born in Camiling, Tarlac and he studied at the Camiling Central Elementary School during his basic education. Wikipedia  

✵ 14. January 1899 – 15. December 1985
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Carlos P. Romulo Quotes

“I am a Filipino born of freedom and I shall not rest until freedom shall have been added unto my inheritance - for myself and my children's children - forever”

as quoted from " I am a Filipino http://library.thinkquest.org/28616/CPR.htm" at library.thinkquest.org

“To appreciate Christmas to the full, one must know how it feels to be deprived of its blessings”

as quoted in the " Carlos P Romulo Speech 1949 President UN Assembly, Filipino http://mannaandquail.com/2012/07/09/carlos-p-romulo-speech-1949-president-un-assembly-filipino/" on mannaandquail.com

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