Corazon Aquino Quotes

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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,…
• I would rather die a meaningful death than to live a meaningless life.
• 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.…
• Freedom of expression - in particular, freedom of the press - guarantees popular participation in the decisions and actions of government, and popular participation is…
• All the world wondered as they witnessed... a people lift themselves from humiliation to the greatest pride.
• I am not embarrassed to tell you that I believe in miracles.
• One must be frank to be relevant.
• 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…
• 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…
• 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…
• 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…
• 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…
• I acknowledged that I owed my presidency to People Power. I resolved during my presidency that I would in turn empower the people.
• 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…
• I know my limitations, and I don't like politics. I was only involved because of my husband.
• You, the foreign media, have been the companion of my people in its long and painful journey to freedom.
• It is not I who have been consigned to the bedroom of history....
• As our country bled . . . its leader's wife came to this podium piously to call for a new human order, this when thousands…
• Let's continue to pray for each other and ask the Lord to bring us closer to each other. He (God) will bring us not only…
• I salute the 51 congressmen who voted (for the impeachment complaints.) It's not over yet. There will always be hope.

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