"Of what good is democracy if it is…" — Ferdinand Marcos
"Of what good is democracy if it is not for the poor?"
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Ferdinand Marcos
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25 Quotes by Ferdinand Marcos
Ferdinand Marcos has 25 quotes on this site.
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Leadership is the other side of the coin of loneliness, and he who is a leader must always act alone.…
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I have committed many sins in my life. But stealing money from the government, from the people, is not one…
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Elect me as your congressman today, I promise you an Ilocano president in 20 years.
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I was reminded as I was reviewing my life, that I have been in too many conflicts, too many wars,…
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We cannot and we will not negotiate with terrorists. We have nothing but contempt for them. To conciliate differences with…
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There are many things we do not want in this world. Let us not just mourn them; let us change…
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I don’t believe in courtship.It’s a waste of time. If I love the person, I’ll tell her right away. But…
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The permissiveness of society must be balanced with authoritativene ss.
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It is not a choice of life, it is a choice of death. If this is life, I'd rather die.
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It is easier to run a revolution than a government.
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The challenge to America is to extend to Asia the defensive shield of American power in forms consonant with Asian…
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The challenge to Asia is to discard the dry, meatless bone of mysticism and fatalism.
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More Democracy Quotes
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Democracy is when the indigent, and not the men of property, are the rulers.
— Aristotle
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In a democracy the poor will have more power than the rich, because there are more of them, and the…
— Aristotle
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Republics decline into democracies and democracies degenerate into despotisms.
— Aristotle
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If liberty and equality, as is thought by some, are chiefly to be found in democracy, they will be best…
— Aristotle
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Democracy arises out of the notion that those who are equal in any respect are equal in all respects; because…
— Aristotle
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Jeans represent democracy in fashion.
— Giorgio Armani
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I think, as a general matter, clearly, the United States globally supports the development of democracy and the democratic yearnings…
— Richard Armitage
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Politics, it seems to me, for years, or all too long, has been concerned with right or left instead of…
— Richard Armour
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Fundamentalists are not friends of democracy. And that includes your fundamentalists in the United States.
— Karen Armstrong
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A functioning, robust democracy requires a healthy educated, participatory followership, and an educated, morally grounded leadership.
— Chinua Achebe
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Democracy is not something you put away for ten years, and then in the 11th year you wake up and…
— Chinua Achebe
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Reading and writing, like everything else, improve with practice. And, of course, if there are no young readers and writers,…
— Margaret Atwood
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