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. — Ferdinand Marcos Copy Share Image
Let us not be so naive as to think that revolution is just a matter of social or economic discontent. — Ferdinand Marcos Copy Share Image
The one indisputable reality of dictatorship is that dissent, insult, and malevolent language do not go unpunished if it is allowed at all. — Ferdinand Marcos Copy Share Image
The challenge to Asia is to discard the dry, meatless bone of mysticism and fatalism. — Ferdinand Marcos Copy Share Image
The challenge to America is to extend to Asia the defensive shield of American power in forms consonant with Asian freedom and self-respect. — Ferdinand Marcos Copy Share Image
My countrymen: we have reached a turning point in our history. The choice is yours. Shall we venture into this brave new world, bright… — Ferdinand Marcos Copy Share Image
I often wonder what I will be remembered in history for. Scholar? Military hero? Builder? — Ferdinand Marcos Copy Share Image