" I can concede that the government has no knowledge of the people, but I believe the people know less of the government. There are useless officials, evil, if you like, but there are also good ones, and these are not able to accomplish anything because they encounter an inert mass, the population that takes little part in matters that concern them. "

― José Rizal , Noli Me Tángere (Touch Me Not) (Noli Me Tángere, #1)