Lack sense of nationhood Baligod said corruption is a “problem of character and lack of love of country.” “We lack a sense of nationhood; we have an unfinished business at nationhood,” Baligod said. Asked how this generation would judge him and the witnesses, he said it was better to “judge us as selfless, patriotic Filipinos.” “I expected nothing (in return), except for the altruistic feeling that I was able to contribute to bringing back decency in government,” Baligod said. He then quoted Leo Rosten, the Polish-born American novelist and scholar: “I think the purpose of life is to be useful, to be responsible, to be compassionate. It is, above all to matter, to count, to stand for something, to have made some difference that you lived at all.” Read more: newsinfo.inquirer.net/487679/unknown-lawyers-date-with-destiny-enough-to-have-truth-on-our-side#ixzz2ewGYP56w Follow us: @inquirerdotnet on Twitter | inquirerdotnet on Facebook
Posted on: Sun, 15 Sep 2013 06:06:28 +0000
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