Believe Quote by Imelda Marcos

"Filipino" is the Spanish side of our history. The islands were named after King Felipe, so we became known as Filipinos. It's a brand,…

— Lav Diaz

The Philippines, it might be said, is a country in search of an identity.

— Raymond Bonner

I feel like I have adopted the Philippines as my second country.

— Dan Hill

I actually quite miss being called Philippines because in the pageant it's normal for us to be called our country instead of our names.…

— Pia Wurtzbach

If you're Filipino, you're the beaner of the Asian community 'cause you're just like us. You're indigenous people that got banged by some Spaniards.…

— Carlos Mencia

The Philippines is for the Philippines. We can defend ourselves.

— Benigno Aquino III

The Philippines was with the U.S. in the Second World War, in the Korean War, in the Vietnam War, and now in the war…

— Gloria Macapagal Arroyo

Filipinos are not worse than any other colonized people except that our colonization was a little longer, and the independence movement was always dictated…

— Ferdinand Marcos

I'm fascinated by the Philippines because I'm from here. I was born here. I'm a Filipino.

— apl.de.ap

I would rather have a country run like hell by Filipinos than a country run like heaven by the Americans, because however a bad…

— Manuel L. Quezon

Both my parents were born in the Philippines. My dad is full Filipino, but my mom looks a little mixed, and her mom's name…

— Vincent Rodriguez III

There is so much more to the Philippines than just Manila. The beauty is in the neighboring islands.

— Pia Wurtzbach