Ferdinand Marcos Quotes

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• Leadership is the other side of the coin of loneliness, and he who is a leader must always act alone. And acting alone, accept everything…
• I have committed many sins in my life. But stealing money from the government, from the people, is not one of them.
• Elect me as your congressman today, I promise you an Ilocano president in 20 years.
• Of what good is democracy if it is not for the poor?
• I was reminded as I was reviewing my life, that I have been in too many conflicts, too many wars, political battles, military battles, civil…
• We cannot and we will not negotiate with terrorists. We have nothing but contempt for them. To conciliate differences with these people without them changing…
• There are many things we do not want in this world. Let us not just mourn them; let us change them
• I don’t believe in courtship.It’s a waste of time. If I love the person, I’ll tell her right away. But for you, I’ll make an…
• The permissiveness of society must be balanced with authoritativene ss.
• It is not a choice of life, it is a choice of death. If this is life, I'd rather die.
• It is easier to run a revolution than a government.
• The challenge to America is to extend to Asia the defensive shield of American power in forms consonant with Asian freedom and self-respect.
• The challenge to Asia is to discard the dry, meatless bone of mysticism and fatalism.
• Little boys have amazing minds.
• America must realize, there are conditions she must accept in Asia. The first is a diversity of Asian cultures, governments, economic and political systems; the…
• I often wonder what I will be remembered in history for. Scholar? Military hero? Builder?
• History should not be left to the historians. Rather, be like Churchill. Make history, and then write it.
• The permissiveness of society must be balanced with authoritativeness.
• The U.S. State Department has a consistent record of error in the assessment of Asian situations and judging Red Chinese intentions.
• Once a champion, always a champion.

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