Ferdinand Marcos Quotes
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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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It is not true that I dictate what should be done. There is a dialogue.
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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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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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I can understand the Cultural Revolution of Mao Tse-tung.
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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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I am not afraid to go to jail.
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We have no quarrel with a policy that seeks to support human rights.
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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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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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For us, overseas employment addresses two major problems: unemployment and the balance of payments position.
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The permissiveness of society must be balanced with authoritativeness.
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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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I will fight to the last breath, even though my family cowers in terror in the palace.
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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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Let us not be so naive as to think that revolution is just a matter of social or economic discontent.
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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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History should not be left to the historians. Rather, be like Churchill. Make history, and then write it.
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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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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 have listened to you, to our people. I have heard your doubts, your anxieties, nay, outright opposition to the lifting of Martial Law. And I have prayed to the Almighty for guidance. And it is after deliberate, sober judgment and soul-searching that I come before you and say, it is now time to terminate martial law.
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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 challenge to Asia is to discard the dry, meatless bone of mysticism and fatalism.
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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.