"Dr. Jose Rizal limits himself to criticizing the present insurrectionary movement as premature… as far as Rizal is concerned, the whole question is one of opportunity, not of principles and objectives… a message of this sort, far from promoting peace, is likely to stimulate for the future the spirit of rebellion."
— —comment of the Spanish Judge Advocate-General on the manifesto of Jose Rizal condemning the outbreak of the Philippine Revolution.
