“You're not sure that you will have all the documents. That is why the conclusions in history is not final.”

“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.”

“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.”

“History deals with the past, not with the future. We use history to avoid the mistakes of the past, not to recreate the very same events. You cannot.”

“The people who criticize me are ignorant of what history is, because the very fact that the student of history chooses what to include and what not to include in his work, is proof that history is never objective.”

“What history is not biased? Show me a historian, a real historian who is not biased!...History is never objective.”

“History is written by every generation. Every generation writes its own history using the same sources. The interpretations vary according to time.”