Who among Jose Rizal of the Philippines, Mao Tse Tung of China and Gandhi of India?

Question

can be considered the best in terms of influence, wisdom and intelligence? Pls back up your answer with facts. Thanks.

Answer 1

Legacy
Rizal was a reformer for an open society rather than a revolutionary for political independence; he advocated popular representation in effecting institutional reforms by peaceful means rather than by violent revolution. In this sense, he was Asia's first modern non-violent proponent of political reforms. Forerunner of Gandhi and contemporary of Tagore and Sun Yat Sen, all four created a new climate of thought throughout Asia, leading to the attrition of colonialism, sapping the colonial powers' self-confidence, and brooking the emergence of new asiatic nations by the end of World War II. Rizal's place in Asian history is assured, his appearance on the scene coming at a time when European colonial power had been growing and spreading, mostly motivated by trade, some for the purpose of bringing Western forms of government and education to peoples regarded as backward. Coinciding fortuitously with the appearance of those other leaders, Rizal from an early age had been enunciating in poems, tracts and plays, ideas all his own of modern nationhood as a practical possibility in Asia. In the body of written works for the period nothing compares to the outright statement in the 'Noli' that if European civilization had nothing better to offer, colonialism in Asia was doomed. Such was recognized by Gandhi who regarded him as a forerunner and as a martyr in the cause of freedom. Nehru, in his prison letters to his daughter Indira, acknowledged Rizal's significant contributions in the Asian freedom movement.

As a leader of the Propaganda Movement of Filipino students in Spain, he contributed newspaper articles to La Solidaridad in Barcelona with the following agenda:

That the Philippines be a province of Spain
Representation in the Cortes (Parliament)
Filipino priests instead of friars Augustinians, Dominicans, or Franciscans in parishes and remote sitios
Freedom of assembly and speech
Equal rights before the law (for both Filipino and Spanish plaintiffs)
The colonial authorities in the Philippines did not favor these reforms, even if they were more openly endorsed by Spanish intellectuals like Morayta, Unamuno, Pi y Margal and others. Upon his return to Manila in 1892, he formed a civic movement called La Liga Filipina. This league advocated these moderate social reforms through legal means, but was disbanded by the governor. At that time, he had already been declared an enemy of the state by the Spanish authorities because his incendiary novels. Noli me Tangere, in particular, had portrayed the friars in a very bad light, with little or no hope of redemption.

As a political reformer, he is the peer of Gandhi, Tagore and Sun Yat Sen as pioneers who remoulded thinking on the Asian continent, but as modernist who accepted the best that European civilization could offer he transcends both nation and continent, a far-seeing visionary with a relevant message for our time.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Rizal
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Answer 2

Mao Tse Tung committed genocide, and Jose Rizal is a practically unknown figure in most of the world. So Ghandi.

Answer 3

Rizal was a very skilful/natural player,but unfortunately like many similar players(jimmy white,alex higgins)he was very inconsistent! Gandhi was very solid,all round player,but very boring to watch(like cliff thorburn or terry griffiths).

Mao Tse Tung is the greatest,flair player loads of skill,great potter(great at bank shots!--like Ronnie O,Sullivan).but unfortunately did have the tendency to execute his opponents if they were beating him!!

or maybe you should post your question in a different section,not pool and snooker!!

Answer 4

I have no idea but if they played billiards, I'd go with Jose Rizal just because he's a Filipino!

Answer 5

if jose rizal had acomplished anything, why is the philippines so backward, and india and china the next two economic suoer powers of the world

Answer 6

well said lesahr...........

mao and gandhi are great
so jose rizal, he is our national
hero............