As long as the Filipino people have not enough spirit to proclaim, brow held high and breast bared, their right to a free society, and to maintain it with their sacrifices, with their very blood; as long as we see our countrymen privately ashamed, hearing the cries of their revolted and protesting conscience, but silent in public, or joining the oppressor in mocking the oppressed; as long as we see them wrapping themselves up in their selfishness and praising the most iniquitous acts with forced smiles, begging with their eyes for a share of the booty, why give them freedom?
Dr. Jose Rizal (El Filibusterismo)
Ang Pamamahayag ng Kalayaan ng Pilipinas ay ginanap noong Hunyo 12, 1898, kung saan ipinahayag ng mga Pilipinong manghihimagsik sa pamumuno ni Heneral Emilio Aguinaldo(na naging Unang Pangulo ng Pilipinas) ang soberanya at kalayaan ng Pilipinas mula saEspanya matapos matalo ang mga ito sa labanan sa Look ng Maynila sa Digmaang Espanyol-Amerikano.
Ngayong ika-12 ng Hunyo taong 2010, ang sambayanang Pilipino ay nagkakaisa upang ipagdiwang ang ika-112 araw ng Kalayaan.
