Ferdinand Marcos Quotes

#1. I do not care how brave a president is; I do not care how many medals he may wear. I do not care how well trained his guards may be. If he violates the will of the people, he shall be eliminated. - Author: Ferdinand Marcos

#2. We cannot and we will not negotiate with terrorists. We have nothing but contempt for them. To conciliate differences with these people without them changing their objectives is to condemn our Republic to ultimate strangulation and death. - Author: Ferdinand Marcos

#3. History should not be left to the historians. Rather, be like Churchill. Make history, and then write it. - Author: Ferdinand Marcos

#4. There are many things we do not want about the world. Let us not just mourn them. Let us change them. - Author: Ferdinand Marcos

#5. I was reminded as I was reviewing my life, that I have been in too many conflicts, too many wars, political battles, military battles, civil strifes in government. And always one lesson stands out and that is, those whom you fight most passionately often turn out to be your best friends. - Author: Ferdinand Marcos

#6. I was deposed by a coup d'etat, by friends that I trusted and aided by the American Government. - Author: Ferdinand Marcos

#7. History isn't through with me yet. - Author: Ferdinand Marcos

#8. I claim the right not to incriminate myself. - Author: Ferdinand Marcos

#9. Leadership is the other side of the coin of loneliness, and he who is a leader must always act alone. And acting alone, accept everything alone. - Author: Ferdinand Marcos

#10. I can understand the Cultural Revolution of Mao Tse-tung. - Author: Ferdinand Marcos

#11. The U.S. State Department has a consistent record of error in the assessment of Asian situations and judging Red Chinese intentions. - Author: Ferdinand Marcos

#12. Filipinos are not worse than any other colonized people except that our colonization was a little longer, and the independence movement was always dictated in political terms, never in social ones. We borrowed terms, but we didn't understand them. - Author: Ferdinand Marcos

#13. What we ask of the developed countries is to let the Third World find a third way. - Author: Ferdinand Marcos

#14. Of what good is democracy if it is not for the poor? - Author: Ferdinand Marcos

#15. Elect me as your congressman today, I promise you an Ilocano president in 20 years. - Author: Ferdinand Marcos

#16. I have committed many sins in my life. But stealing money from the government, from the people, is not one of them. - Author: Ferdinand Marcos

#17. I often wonder what I will be remembered in history for. Scholar? Military hero? Builder? - Author: Ferdinand Marcos

#18. The permissiveness of society must be balanced with authoritativeness. - Author: Ferdinand Marcos

#19. Some people say the president is incapable of enforcing the law. Let them say that once more and I will set the tanks on them. - Author: Ferdinand Marcos

#20. Nobody is impervious to misfortune. - Author: Ferdinand Marcos

#21. It is not a choice of life, it is a choice of death. If this is life, I'd rather die. - Author: Ferdinand Marcos

#22. Freedom is not just declared; it is exercised. - Author: Ferdinand Marcos

#23. Once a champion, always a champion. - Author: Ferdinand Marcos

#24. Little boys have amazing minds. - Author: Ferdinand Marcos

#25. America must realize, there are conditions she must accept in Asia. The first is a diversity of Asian cultures, governments, economic and political systems; the second, that to run against the tide of Asian nationalism is worse than impractical - it is also highly dangerous. - Author: Ferdinand Marcos

#26. No matter how strong and dedicated a leader may be, he must find root and strength amongst the people. He alone cannot save a nation. He may guide, he may set the tone, he may dedicate himself and risk his life, but only the people may save themselves. - Author: Ferdinand Marcos

#27. The challenge to Asia is to discard the dry, meatless bone of mysticism and fatalism. - Author: Ferdinand Marcos

#28. The challenge to America is to extend to Asia the defensive shield of American power in forms consonant with Asian freedom and self-respect. - Author: Ferdinand Marcos