"There continue to exist many gaps in written Philippine history. Some of these gaps have already been identified. The late historian William Henry Scott called it the ‘history of the inarticulate.’ Others call it the ‘view from the bottom’ or the ‘history of the powerless, the inconspicuous, the silent majority.’ ‘In search of the masses’ is the title Greg Bankoff used to define the role played by the silent majority in the shaping of the Filipino nation."

— Luis C. Dery (via ascottyfollower)