Filipino Quote by Manuel L. Quezon

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

The Philippines are ours forever. They are not capable of self-government. How could they be? They are not a self-governing race.

— Albert J. Beveridge

I love my homeland, but it's an absurd country. Politics in the Philippines is like spectator sports!

— Miguel Syjuco

There is only one government in the Philippines and that is how it will stay,

— Joseph Estrada

The people want government that works for them at every level. They want good government that begins at their doorstep in the barangay, and…

— Gloria Macapagal Arroyo

As the leader of the nation, I say in behalf of the Filipino people to the world: we are strong and principled believers in…

— Anonymous

The Philippines are ours forever. We will not repudiate our duty in the archipelago. We will not abandon our opportunity in the Orient. We…

— Albert J. Beveridge

“We shall be branded with the steel of clinging shame if we leave the Philippines to fall into a welter of bloody anarchy,” he…

— Doris Kearns Goodwin

I knew my affection for the Philippines was equally as telling: a democracy on paper, apparently well ordered, regularly subverted by irrational chaos. A…

— Alex Garland

The people in the Philippines are so extraordinarily nice.

— Tony Gilroy

What I enjoy the most about being Filipino is our culture.

— Jo Koy

I went down on my knees and prayed to Almighty God for light and guidance and one night late it came to me this…

— William McKinley