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…

— 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…

— 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…

— 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

We love your adherence to democratic principles and to democratic processes.

— Ferdinand Marcos

It is not true that I dictate what should be done. There is a dialogue.

— Ferdinand Marcos

For us, overseas employment addresses two major problems: unemployment and the balance of payments position.

— Ferdinand Marcos

It is easier to run a revolution than a government.

— Ferdinand Marcos

I can feel it in my bones that no matter what we do, even if we do not do anything, the revolutionary…

— Ferdinand Marcos

If it were true that special favors were given to some of these people because they are my cronies, then they should…

— Ferdinand Marcos

To preserve our sovereign integrity, we must prove to them nobody need tell us how to hold a clean and democratic election.

— Ferdinand Marcos

In the Philippines, the host should always be willing to defer to the wishes of the guest.

— Ferdinand Marcos

My friends in the opposition have forgotten that the constitution of the Philippines was amended in 1973 with their participation. The constitution…

— Ferdinand Marcos

What we ask of the developed countries is to let the Third World find a third way.

— Ferdinand Marcos

I claim the right not to incriminate myself.

— Ferdinand Marcos

Leadership is the other side of the coin of loneliness, and he who is a leader must always act alone. And acting…

— Ferdinand Marcos

We do not postpone the participation of the lower classes of our people in the profits of economic enterprise, and in other…

— Ferdinand Marcos