Filipino - Statesman | September 11, 1917 - September 28, 1989
Leadership is the other side of the coin of loneliness, and he who is a leader must always act alone. And acting alone, accept everything alone.
Ferdinand Marcos
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The one indisputable reality of dictatorship is that dissent, insult, and malevolent language do not go unpunished if it is allowed at all.
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Once a champion, always a champion.
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I will fight to the last breath, even though my family cowers in terror in the palace.
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In the Philippines, the host should always be willing to defer to the wishes of the guest.
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I am ashamed to run against a lady. It's demeaning, very degrading. I have always refused to argue with a lady.
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My countrymen: we have reached a turning point in our history. The choice is yours. Shall we venture into this brave new world, bright with possibilities, or retreat to the safety of our familiar but sterile past? I am for crossing the frontier.
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I do not care how brave a president is; I do not care how many medals he may wear. I do not care how well trained his guards may be. If he violates the will of the people, he shall be eliminated.
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Filipinos are not worse than any other colonized people except that our colonization was a little longer, and the independence movement was always dictated in political terms, never in social ones. We borrowed terms, but we didn't understand them.
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I am not afraid to go to jail.
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I have Chinese blood in me... I am not ashamed to admit that perhaps the great leaders of our country all have Chinese blood.
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There are many things we do not want about the world. Let us not just mourn them. Let us change them.
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