“Maganda ang kastila. It is beautiful, lalo pa kung nagmumura.”

“Halimbawa ako, you are discussing two sides of a question and your sympathy lies with one. Sabi ko, makikita mo ang bias is towards the other, pero sa akin it's alright. Ang masama ang hindi mo ibigay yung floor to the other side. In other words, instead of saying objectivity, impartiality ang sabihin because impartiality means that you give the other fellow a chance to be heard, hindi yung hindi mo siya pinagbigyan.”

“The role of the Filipino historian must be the role of all historians. There is, of course, [Filipino history], but as rule, the role of the historian is to tell the truth-- in so far as documents are concerned.”

“Everyone is a historian. Everyone is his own historian.”

“I said that great men had a sense of history. But when you say you have a great sense of history it does not follow that you are great.”

“No matter how good a President you are, if the historian is hostile to you, he will emphasize your errors and break down your merits... without departing from the facts.”

“Who is this historian who can say that he's telling the whole truth and nothing but the whole truth. Nobody, because you're human.”