Word: magsaysayism
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Malacanan have heard wives complain that their husbands were too vigorous, or impotent, or unfaithful; they have been asked to redress the wrongs of abused farm tenants, to pay the rent of impoverished widows. Filipinos have inundated the Complaints and Action Commission with 23,000 requests for help since Magsaysay set it up last January. In a country where the fortunate learn early to use their government, and the unfortunate to fear it, the word has gone out that any man or woman, rich or poor, may come to Magsaysay and be heard...
...Will See." The President himself had gone off to his yacht that day for a few hours of escape. Not long ago, the favor-seekers would have sought him out directly and engulfed him. Now, Magsaysay says, he has put them in good hands, and seldom has to see more than 500 persons a day himself...
...Magsaysay also believes that he is getting the larger aspects of being President under control, though he is aware that there is some doubt on that score among some of his sincerest associates and admirers. "When you ride a strange horse, you always have a little trouble," Magsaysay says soberly, "no matter how good a horseman you are. Now I know my horse. There will be no more trouble. You will...
Millions of his countrymen, including some who have made a lot of trouble for him and will make more, hope that Ramon Magsaysay is right. A Senator of his Nacionalista Party, said last week: "This man is the only hope of our country. He must succeed. It will be a tragedy if he fails...
...this very man, voicing hopes that are nigh unanimous throughout the Philippines, feels obliged to harass and oppose the President on many major issues. Why? It is part of a strange and complex yet somehow simple story, a story which begins with the fact that Magsaysay is the prophet and product of a genuine revolution. He personifies and has brought to vivid life the tired cliché that the little people of his country expect him to govern for them. As his critics and intellectual superiors are prone to say, there are many things that he does not know, perhaps...