Imelda Marcos Quotes

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• Perception is real, truth is not. I'm not fighting for money and possessions. I'm fighting for something more precious. I pray that as we enter…
• If you know how much you've got, you probably haven't got much.
• Filipinos want beauty. I have to look beautiful so that the poor Filipinos will have a star to look at from their slums.
• I was no Marie Antoinette. I was not born to nobility, but I had a human right to nobility.
• My dreams have become puny with the reality my life has become
• It's the rich you can terrorize. The poor have nothing to lose.
• I get my fingers in all our pies. Before you know it, your little fingers including all your toes are in all the pies.
• I'm like Robin Hood. I rob the rich to make these projects come alive... not really rob. It's done with a smile.
• It is terribly important to do certain things, such as wear overembroidered dresses. After all, the mass follows class. Class never follows mass.
• When they see me holding fish, they can see that I am comfortable with kings as well as with paupers.
• I will not say sorry and be pardoned for doing a godly act.
• I would have to ask the public to choose between a culture of hate or a culture of love. I am sure our poor will…
• My grandchildren are growing up and they could not understand why the Marcoses are still being crucified although we keep on telling them that we…
• Why should people be afraid that we use a few small pellets of uranium at the nuclear power plant in Bataan? Don't they know that…
• I am my little people's star and slave. When I go out into the barrios, I get dressed because I know my little people want…
• It is not expensive to be beautiful. It takes only a little effort to be presentable and beautiful. But it takes some effort. And unfortunately…
• In the material world, where everything is valued, when you commit yourself to God, beauty and love, it can be mistaken for extravagance.
• Our opponent [Cory Aquino] does not put on any make up. She does not have her fingernails manicured. You know gays. They are for beauty.…
• What's wrong with shoes? I collected them because it was like a symbol of thanksgiving and love?
• I have no weakness for shoes. I wear very simple shoes which are pump shoes. It is not one of my weaknesses.

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