According to Manuel L. Quezon III, his grandfather's speech was recorded when he was President of the Senate "in the 1920s, when he was first diagnosed with tuberculosis and assumed he didn't have much longer to live."
Menurut Manuel L. Quezon III, pidato itu "direkam pada tahun 1920, ketika ia pertama kali didiagnosis mengidap tuberkulosis dan diasumsikan ia tidak memiliki waktu hidup yang lama lagi."