--- title: "4 Philippines Quotes By Maria Ressa" description: "4 Philippines quotes by Maria Ressa. Plus more from Maria Ressa and more Philippines sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a46/maria-ressa-11796_internet_i-run-rappler-an-online-news-site-in-the_1032046.jpg" --- > [I run Rappler, an online news site in the Philippines.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maria-ressa/i-run-rappler-an-online-news-site-in-the-philippines/) [Maria Ressa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maria-ressa/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a46/maria-ressa-11796_internet_i-run-rappler-an-online-news-site-in-the_1032046.jpg) > [After living a decade in Jakarta, I chose. I chose Manila, the Philippines, for better or worse.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maria-ressa/after-living-a-decade-in-jakarta-i-chose-i-chose-manila-the/) [Maria Ressa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maria-ressa/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ec3/maria-ressa-11796_better_after-living-a-decade-in-jakarta-i-chose_2789769.jpg) > [Then there is my country, the Philippines. President Rodrigo Duterte placed most of the country under a lockdown on the ides of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maria-ressa/then-there-is-my-country-the-philippines-president-rodrigo-duterte/) [Maria Ressa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maria-ressa/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/286/maria-ressa-11796_country_then-there-is-my-country-the-philippines_2887231.jpg) > [I always felt that I wasn't as American as Americans and then I realised when I got back to the Philippines that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maria-ressa/i-always-felt-that-i-wasn-t-as-american-as-americans-and-then-i/) [Maria Ressa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maria-ressa/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1c3/maria-ressa-11796_always_i-always-felt-that-i-wasn-t-as-american_2989572.jpg) ## Other authors on Philippines - [Carlos P. Romulo 14 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/philippines/carlos-p-romulo/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b019/author-pope-francis-75890.jpg) Pope Francis 9 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/philippines/pope-francis/) - [Gloria Macapagal Arroyo 9 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/philippines/gloria-macapagal-arroyo/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b017/author-miguel-syjuco-67854.jpg) Miguel Syjuco 8 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/philippines/miguel-syjuco/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b016/author-manny-pacquiao-63040.jpg) Manny Pacquiao 8 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/philippines/manny-pacquiao/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b011/author-imelda-marcos-43273.jpg) Imelda Marcos 8 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/philippines/imelda-marcos/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b004/author-arthur-keith-14980.jpg) Benigno Aquino III 8 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/philippines/benigno-aquino-iii/) - [Pia Wurtzbach 7 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/philippines/pia-wurtzbach/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b002/author-apl-de-ap-5259.jpg) apl.de.ap 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/philippines/apl-de-ap/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b014/author-jose-rizal-53210.jpg) Jose Rizal 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/philippines/jos-rizal/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b001/author-zhat-2183.jpg) Zhat 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/philippines/zhat/) ## More by Maria Ressa > [Without facts you can't have truth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maria-ressa/without-facts-you-can-t-have-truth/) [Maria Ressa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maria-ressa/) > [When you're on social media, your brain is being rewired.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maria-ressa/when-you-re-on-social-media-your-brain-is-being-rewired/) [Maria Ressa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maria-ressa/) > [I don't think we have wrapped our heads around how much technology has allowed the manipulation of individuals and democracies.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maria-ressa/i-don-t-think-we-have-wrapped-our-heads-around-how-much-technology/) [Maria Ressa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maria-ressa/) > [You cannot succeed if at some point you haven't failed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maria-ressa/you-cannot-succeed-if-at-some-point-you-haven-t-failed/) [Maria Ressa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maria-ressa/) > [To deal with COVID-19, countries like India, Brazil, Jordan and Thailand are cutting press freedom and freedom of expression. In nations like Israel, South…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maria-ressa/to-deal-with-covid-19-countries-like-india-brazil-jordan-and-thailand/) [Maria Ressa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maria-ressa/) > [How well we survive this time of creative destruction, it really is, depends on each of us, on each of us fighting our individual…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maria-ressa/how-well-we-survive-this-time-of-creative-destruction-it-really-is/) [Maria Ressa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maria-ressa/) > [All through my life, when faced with a difficult decision, I always ask myself - where can I learn more. Make the choice to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maria-ressa/all-through-my-life-when-faced-with-a-difficult-decision-i-always-ask/) [Maria Ressa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maria-ressa/) > [I'm not a politician; I'm a journalist.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maria-ressa/i-m-not-a-politician-i-m-a-journalist/) [Maria Ressa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maria-ressa/) > [In a weird way, I'm a good target for the government, because I can push back.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maria-ressa/in-a-weird-way-i-m-a-good-target-for-the-government-because-i-can/) [Maria Ressa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maria-ressa/) > [I work too hard, I'd be a really bad mom, unfortunately. I can't even keep a plant!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maria-ressa/i-work-too-hard-i-d-be-a-really-bad-mom-unfortunately-i-can-t-even/) [Maria Ressa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maria-ressa/) > [Always make the choice to learn. What Princeton taught me was whatever mess you are studying, pull a thread with great persistence 'til you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maria-ressa/always-make-the-choice-to-learn-what-princeton-taught-me-was-whatever/) [Maria Ressa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maria-ressa/) > [“Anyone who stood up to the lies spreading over pro-Duterte and pro-Marcos disinformation networks was gaslit, or told they were crazy. What the bad…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maria-ressa/anyone-who-stood-up-to-the-lies-spreading-over-pro-duterte-and-pro/) [Maria Ressa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maria-ressa/) > [Embrace your fear. Imagine what you're most afraid of, touch it and hold it so that you rob it of its power.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maria-ressa/embrace-your-fear-imagine-what-you-re-most-afraid-of-touch-it-and/) [Maria Ressa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maria-ressa/) > [Journalism has a check-and-balance effect to those in power, and those in power submitted themselves to it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maria-ressa/journalism-has-a-check-and-balance-effect-to-those-in-power-and-those/) [Maria Ressa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maria-ressa/) > [I run Rappler, an online news site in the Philippines.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maria-ressa/i-run-rappler-an-online-news-site-in-the-philippines/) [Maria Ressa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maria-ressa/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/philippines/maria-ressa/#itemlist", "name": "4 Philippines Quotes By Maria Ressa", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I run Rappler, an online news site in the Philippines.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Maria Ressa" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maria-ressa/i-run-rappler-an-online-news-site-in-the-philippines/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a46/maria-ressa-11796_internet_i-run-rappler-an-online-news-site-in-the_1032046.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a46/maria-ressa-11796_internet_i-run-rappler-an-online-news-site-in-the_1032046.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a46/maria-ressa-11796_internet_i-run-rappler-an-online-news-site-in-the_1032046.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I run Rappler, an online news site in the Philippines.” — Maria Ressa", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "After living a decade in Jakarta, I chose. 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