Kekaisaran Manila: Perbedaan antara revisi

Sentimen ini kadang-kadang diungkapkan oleh pepatah "Tidak ada daun yang bisa jatuh di negara kita tanpa izinseizin [[Istana Malacañang|Malacañang]]."{{efn|AnContoh examplepenggunaan ofpepatah thisini proverb'sdapat useditemui canpada bekutipan found the following quote fromoleh David C. Martínez berikut: <blockquote>[W]e've left sacred and untouched, spotless and unsullied, the same centralist authority where near-absolute political power continues to reside: Imperial Manila. My father spoke the truth when he used to lament in Cebuano, ''"Wa y dahong mahulog sa atong nasud nga di mananghid sa Malacañang"'' (Not a leaf can fall in our country without Malacañang's permission)<ref name=Mnez2>{{cite book|last=Martínez|first=David|title=A Country of Our Own: Partitioning the Philippines|page=447|publisher=Bisaya Books|year=2004|place=Los Angeles, California|isbn=978-0-9760613-0-4}}</ref></blockquote>}} Ungkapan lain dari pengaruh kuat Manila disuarakan oleh Artis Nasional Filipina Nick Joaquin, yang mengatakan "Ketika Manila bersin, Filipina masuk angin."<ref>{{Cite book|last=Joaquin|first=Nick|author-link=Nick Joaquin|title=Manila, My Manila: A History for the Young|publisher=Anvil Publishing, Inc.|date=1990|location=City of Manila|isbn=978-9715693134}}</ref>