Corazon Aquino Quotes
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I am not embarrassed to tell you that I believe in miracles.
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I've reached a point in life where it's no longer necessary to try to impress. If they like me the way I am, that's good. If they don't, that's too bad.
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All the world wondered as they witnessed... a people lift themselves from humiliation to the greatest pride.
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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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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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It is true you cannot eat freedom and you cannot power machinery with democracy. But then neither can political prisoners turn on the light in the cells of a dictatorship.
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I would rather die a meaningful death than to live a meaningless life.
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I guess my religious faith sustained me more than anything else. Family is also very important. If I didn't have children, it would have been too difficult. Even if you are strong, you still need people who would support you all the way.
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You, the foreign media, have been the companion of my people in its long and painful journey to freedom.
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I don't have any formula for ousting a dictator or building democracy. All I can suggest is to forget about yourself and just think of your people. It's always the people who make things happen.
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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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I just do whatever it is that I believe I should do, regardless of the risks to my life.
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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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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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As I came to power peacefully, so shall I keep it.
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Freedom of expression - in particular, freedom of the press - guarantees popular participation in the decisions and actions of government, and popular participation is the essence of our democracy.
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I acknowledged that I owed my presidency to People Power. I resolved during my presidency that I would in turn empower the people.
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Reconciliation should be accompanied by justice, otherwise it will not last. While we all hope for peace it shouldn't be peace at any cost but peace based on principle, on justice.
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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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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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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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Faith is not simply a patience that passively suffers until the storm is past. Rather, it is a spirit that bears things - with resignations, yes, but above all, with blazing, serene hope.