A biography for Ferdinand Marcoshasn’t been written yet.
“It is not true that I dictate what should be done. There is a dialogue.”
“Freedom is not just declared; it is exercised.”
“I have been called brave in my time, but brave as I may have been against foreign invaders, I have no heart to shed Filipino blood.”
“There is a standard joke in the family. Probably we should go into selling second-hand shoes.”
“Once a champion, always a champion.”
“To write our constitution is for the past, the present, and the future to come together all at once in one single motion, in one single heave, one single cry. For we correct the errors of the past and chart a new course for the future, based on the experience of the present.”
“The challenge to America is to extend to Asia the defensive shield of American power in forms consonant with Asian freedom and self-respect.”
“To preserve our sovereign integrity, we must prove to them nobody need tell us how to hold a clean and democratic election.”
“What we ask of the developed countries is to let the Third World find a third way.”
“These statements about torture, about alleged misuse of power and things like that, insulted the Filipinos more than their leader because it was made to appear as if Filipinos would tolerate a leader who would torture his own people, who would utilize his executive prerogatives for abuses.”