Quezon on Foreign Relations

"We shall promote friendly relations with other nations and be mindful of their rights. We shall endeavor to protect and defend our national integrity and independence to the limit of our means. We know not what the future has in store for us, but we have faith in a just God who presides over the destinies of nations, and who alone holds our fate. We cannot falter in the at­tainment of our long-cherished Ideal. We must secure a place, however modest, in the concert of free nations." (SONA 1940)