Corazon Aquino

I would rather die a meaningful death than to live a meaningless life.

I am just a housewife.

The Filipino is worth dying for.

The answer to the terrorism of the left and the right is not social and economic reform, but police and military action.

We look up to you as an example of our fight against communism.

I don't have any formula for ousting a dictator or building democracy. All I can suggest is to forget about yourself and just think of your people. It's always the people who make things happen.

As I came to power peacefully, so shall I keep it.

The only thing I can really offer the Filipino people is my sincerity.

I know there isn't anything I can do that will please everybody. But if I have done according to my beliefs, I sleep very very well.

We cannot just keep quiet because that is what happened during martial law. Our dictator then believed that he can do anything to keep himself in power.

I've reached a point in life where it's no longer necessary to try to impress. If they like me the way I am, that's good. If they don't, that's too bad.

Reconciliation should be accompanied by justice, otherwise it will not last. While we all hope for peace it shouldn't be peace at any cost but peace based on principle, on justice.

There are enough political parties and I do not want to add more confusion.

I am not one to give up very easily.

I guess there were very great expectations... Many people believed that in the short space of six months, many of our problems would be solved. I guess this has disappointed some of them.

The only way to make a difference is to stand up and be counted.

No challenge is too great when the cause is just.

I would rather be remembered for standing for something than falling for everything.

The Communist leadership here either misread or misjudged the last election. In effect, they worked against me.

My husband was incarcerated for seven years and seven months, and it was one of the military that shot him. But I am no longer just the widow of Ninoy. I am the President of the Philippines.