Corazon Aquino — "My heart is with the poor and the oppressed."

"We must never give up on our dreams for a free and just society."

"It's very simple, I just tell my sad story, and people weep."

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

"Once again, I must involve myself in what I hoped and prayed to be spared from, after devoting the best years of my life in the service of the country, and at a price that included the highest anyone …"

"I have indicated also that it is the express wish of the Filipino people that Mr Marcos not return to this country because it will again incite so many of these people against Mr Marcos."