- Statesman | January 25, 1933 - August 1, 2009
I acknowledged that I owed my presidency to People Power. I resolved during my presidency that I would in turn empower the people.
Corazon Aquino
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You have spent many lives and much treasure to bring freedom to many lands that were reluctant to receive it. And here you have a people who won it by themselves and need only the help to preserve it.
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The media's power is frail. Without the people's support, it can be shut off with the ease of turning a light switch.
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The nation was awakened by that deafening shot.
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It is not I who have been consigned to the bedroom of history.
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I just do whatever it is that I believe I should do, regardless of the risks to my life.
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One must be frank to be relevant.
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It's very simple, I just tell my sad story, and people weep.
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I know my limitations, and I don't like politics. I was only involved because of my husband.
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It wasn't until we got over the self pity that we were able to accept suffering as apart of our life with Christ. A man or woman reaches this plane only when he or she ceases to be the hero.
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National leaders who find themselves wilting under the withering criticisms by members of the media, would do well not to take such criticism personally but to regard the media as their allies in keeping the government clean and honest, its services.
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When you restore democracy, you cannot say that only those who worked for the restoration of democracy will be allowed to use the privileges of a democracy.
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