Ferdinand Marcos Quotes
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I am not afraid to go to jail.
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Authority has to exist before it can be limited, and it is authority that is in scarce supply in those modernizing countries where government is at the mercy of alienated intellectuals, rambunctious colonels, and rioting students.
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How can I wage political battle against a widow who does not mean anyone any harm except only the president himself?
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It is not true that I dictate what should be done. There is a dialogue.
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I can understand the Cultural Revolution of Mao Tse-tung.
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These statements about torture, about alleged misuse of power and things like that, insulted the Filipinos more than their leader because it was made to appear as if Filipinos would tolerate a leader who would torture his own people, who would utilize his executive prerogatives for abuses.
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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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We have no quarrel with a policy that seeks to support human rights.
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The permissiveness of society must be balanced with authoritativeness.
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For us, overseas employment addresses two major problems: unemployment and the balance of payments position.
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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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What we ask of the developed countries is to let the Third World find a third way.
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The U.S. State Department has a consistent record of error in the assessment of Asian situations and judging Red Chinese intentions.
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Let us not be so naive as to think that revolution is just a matter of social or economic discontent.
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History should not be left to the historians. Rather, be like Churchill. Make history, and then write it.
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There is a standard joke in the family. Probably we should go into selling second-hand shoes.
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We do not postpone the participation of the lower classes of our people in the profits of economic enterprise, and in other countries, they do postpone it. In the long run, I think our policy is better, and we stand by it.
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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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Elect me as your congressman today, I promise you an Ilocano president in 20 years.
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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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I was reminded as I was reviewing my life, that I have been in too many conflicts, too many wars, political battles, military battles, civil strifes in government. And always one lesson stands out and that is, those whom you fight most passionately often turn out to be your best friends.
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My friends in the opposition have forgotten that the constitution of the Philippines was amended in 1973 with their participation. The constitution mandates the administration, including the Batasan, or legislature, to convert slowly into a semiparliamentary form of government. The president in such a situation can issue decrees and edicts.
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The foundation upon which our nation stands is much richer and firmer than the sympathies that may occasionally divide us. And we never know this more truly than in Christmas time. In good times or in bad, under clear skies or under the shadow of uncertainty, the Christmas message is the imperishable one of joy, hope and brotherhood.
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The challenge to Asia is to discard the dry, meatless bone of mysticism and fatalism.