Our Undemocratic Mentality: Talks and Essays of Manuel L. Quezon Jr. (1958-1997)

Manuel Lucio Quezon Jr. was born on June 23, 1926 and died on September 18, 1998. He was the fourth child and only son of Manuel Luis Quezon and Aurora Antonia Aragon. He finished his elementary schooling in De La Salle College, high school at Georgetown Prep, and his undergraduate and masteral degrees at the University of Santo Tomas. 

I. Let’s Reflect A Little (1958-59)

Broadcast over DWIZ and published in the Weekly Women’s Magazine.

October 10, 1958

October 17, 1958

October 24, 1958

October 31, 1958

November 7, 1958

November 14, 1958

November 28, 1958

December 12, 1958

December 26, 1958

January 2, 1959

II. Philippine Graphic (1965-67)

Let Illiterates Vote, November 17, 1965

Democracy and Public Opinion, December 8, 1965

Man, Scientist or Humanist, January 5, 1966

Reflections on the Constitution, February 9, 1966

A House Divided, February 23, 1966

The Fair Hope –Now, April 20, 1966

A Parliamentary Approach to Constitutional Change, May 18, 1966

Unicameralism, May 25, 1966

Set Freedom’s Defenders Free, June 22, 1966

The Leisure Problem, July 13, 1966

Threat to Tradition, July 20, 1966

Sense of National Identity (1), July 27, 1966

Sense of National Identity (2), August 3, 1966

Language, A People’s Soul (1), August 24, 1966

Language, A People’s Soul (2), August 31, 1966

Tungkulin at Karapatan, September 28, 1966

Patience and the Social Order, October 5, 1965

Panganib ng Bayan, October 19, 1966

Philippine Racism, November 2, 1966

Civilization and the Deliberative Act, December 7, 1966

Our Undemocratic Mentality, January 11, 1967

The Meaning of Equality, January 25, 1967

Democracy –Direct and Representative, February 8, 1967

III. Speeches

The Religion of Manuel L. Quezon, talk given at the Parish of San Juan Nepumoceno, Malibay, Pasay City, August 19, 1971

Remarks delivered at the Letran Chapel, August 19, 1987

Message at the National Cathedral, Philippine Independent Church, June 12, 1988

IV. Letters