malacanan: From “The State of the Nation and Important Economic Problems,” the fourth State of the Nation Address of President Manuel L. Quezon, delivered on January 24, 1939: The Philippines is our country, and we shall make it the home of a free people—not alone politically, but economically as well. And this economic freedom must not be limited to the concept of national self-sufficiency, but must extend to every hamlet and hearth in this land. For of what practical value can the “right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness” be to a person, if he does not actually enjoy it and his only freedom consists in the freedom to starve or die? ——— The State of the Nation Address: Traditions and History. The State of the Nation Addresses.
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From “The State of the Nation and Important Economic Problems,” the fourth State of the Nation Address of President Manuel L. Quezon, delivered on January 24, 1939:

The Philippines is our country, and we shall make it the home of a free people—not alone politically, but economically as well. And this economic freedom must not be limited to the concept of national self-sufficiency, but must extend to every hamlet and hearth in this land. For of what practical value can the “right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness” be to a person, if he does not actually enjoy it and his only freedom consists in the freedom to starve or die?

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