Remembered Quotes by Ferdinand Marcos

I am not afraid to go to jail.

— Ferdinand Marcos

President Reagan has no enemies in the Phillipines.

— Ferdinand Marcos

Let us not be so naive as to think that revolution is just a matter of social or economic discontent.

— Ferdinand Marcos

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

The challenge to Asia is to discard the dry, meatless bone of mysticism and fatalism.

— Ferdinand Marcos

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

I can understand the Cultural Revolution of Mao Tse-tung.

— Ferdinand Marcos

Once a champion, always a champion.

— Ferdinand Marcos

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

I often wonder what I will be remembered in history for. Scholar? Military hero? Builder?

— Ferdinand Marcos

Of what good is democracy if it is not for the poor?

— Ferdinand Marcos

Nobody is impervious to misfortune.

— Ferdinand Marcos