Top 100 Aquino Quotes
#1. Ninoy Aquino was a friend; I knew his faults, which were outweighed by his virtues.
F. Sionil Jose
#2. These days when we speak of politics at all it is with indifference, anger, or "Please, could we talk about something that doesn't make us nauseous?" But there was a time when we could discuss government with hope, pride, and trust in our leaders, and that was when Corazon Aquino was president.
Jessica Zafra
#3. Our opponent [Cory Aquino] does not put on any make up. She does not have her fingernails manicured. You know gays. They are for beauty. Filipinos who like beauty, love and God are for Marcos.
Imelda Marcos
#4. I will follow my father's footsteps by doing what is right, and God will take care of the rest. My father is my role model. My living role model is Cory Aquino.
Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo
#5. We will revive the emergency employment program established by former President Corazon Aquino. This will provide jobs for local communities and will help in the development of their and our economy.
Benigno Aquino III
#7. A boy can see the smoke rising from Sioux villages under the shadow of the Albert memorial.
Baden Powell De Aquino
#8. All the world wondered as they witnessed ... a people lift themselves from humiliation to the greatest pride.
Corazon Aquino
#9. I remove a lot of the pressure from myself by saying I'm not competing with my parents. They are the persons who taught me my ideology. They actively practiced what they preached. They're the exemplars and the role models. So how does one compete with a mentor?
Benigno Aquino III
#11. President Obama and I recognize the importance of strong economic engagement for the continued growth of both the Philippines and the United States.
Benigno Aquino III
#12. While I accept that there are certain things about my private life that will always be of interest to the public, it would be better if you give the same amount of attention to issues that matter as well.
Benigno Aquino III
#13. I have no regrets and if I had nine lives I would have gladly given them all up for my country.
Melchora Aquino
#14. I guess my religious faith sustained me more than anything else. Family is also very important. If I didn't have children, it would have been too difficult. Even if you are strong, you still need people who would support you all the way.
Corazon Aquino
#18. The only thing I can really offer the Filipino people is my sincerity.
Corazon Aquino
#20. Fun, fighting, and feeding! These are the three indispensable elements of the boy's world.
Baden Powell De Aquino
#21. I looked up at the wall. My bachelor's degree had been in History. Films like Back to the Future and Quantum Leap had been some of my favorite programs. Could time travel really be possible? This seemed too unreal.
Anna M. Aquino
#22. One of the things my father taught me was you should not exclude those who are opposed to your ideas.
Benigno Aquino III
#24. Having true compassion for people isn't about the words that are spoken and the actions that are done. Having true compassion is an attitude from the heart that can't be faked.
Anna M. Aquino
#25. A boy is supremely confident of his own power, and dislikes being treated as a child.
Baden Powell De Aquino
#26. Both President Obama and I shared the conviction that territorial and maritime disputes in the Asia Pacific region should be settled peacefully based on international law. We affirm that arbitration is an open, friendly and peaceful approach to seeking a just and durable solution.
Benigno Aquino III
#27. The United States is a key ally, a strategic partner, and a reliable friend of the Philippines.
Benigno Aquino III
#28. In order to get some help in your love walk, all you have to do is ask God to let you see these people through His eyes.
Anna M. Aquino
#30. They weren't people that liked change. They were the kind of people that would have tied change to a chair with dental floss if they could in order to avoid it. They were the type of people who desired to live in their virtual bubbles and grew to resent anyone that challenged that world.
Anna M. Aquino
#31. We've become very good in our churches today at faking our concern when really we couldn't care less about the people around us.
Anna M. Aquino
#32. I had a simple goal in life: to be true to my parents and our country as an honorable son, a caring brother, and a good citizen.
Benigno Aquino III
#33. 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.
Corazon Aquino
#34. Although I was born to famous parents, I know and feel the problems of ordinary citizens.
Benigno Aquino III
#37. I want to make democracy work not only for the rich and the well connected but for everyone.
Benigno Aquino III
#38. The media's power is frail. Without the people's support, it can be shut off with the ease of turning a light switch.
Corazon Aquino
#39. It wasn't until we got over the self pity that we were able to accept suffering as apart of our life with Christ. A man or woman reaches this plane only when he or she ceases to be the hero.
Corazon Aquino
#40. Keep inviolate an area of light and peace within you.
Corazon Aquino
#41. 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.
Corazon Aquino
#44. I believe that during these times, we should not forget that many sacrificed to regain our democracy.
Corazon Aquino
#45. Let's continue to pray for each other and ask the Lord to bring us closer to each other. He (God) will bring us not only 79 votes, but more than 79 (votes),
Corazon Aquino
#46. Where is there a boy to whom the call of the wild and the open road does not appeal?
Baden Powell De Aquino
#47. I am not concerned about getting reelected. I can make the unpopular but necessary decision. Your focus from day one is on your legacy rather than political considerations.
Benigno Aquino III
#48. Vigorous Scout games are the best form of physical education because most of them bring in moral education.
Baden Powell De Aquino
#50. You have spent many lives and much treasure to bring freedom to many lands that were reluctant to receive it. And here you have a people who won it by themselves and need only the help to preserve it.
Corazon Aquino
#51. As our country bled ... its leader's wife came to this podium piously to call for a new human order, this when thousands of Filipinos were political prisoners.
Corazon Aquino
#52. I was put into office by the people who believed in my idea that corruption is the root of poverty; that an end to corruption would mean an end to poverty.
Benigno Aquino III
#54. You may have the might, but that does not necessarily make you right.
Benigno Aquino III
#57. I am from the class that has, in a sense, benefited from the status quo, but everyone still gets victimized.
Benigno Aquino III
#58. I started out in public service in 1998 after the Asian financial crisis of '97.
Benigno Aquino III
#59. My administration's compact with the Filipino people will demand no less than the attainment of lasting peace and equitable prosperity. We will employ all the tools at our disposal to achieve this.
Benigno Aquino III
#60. I am not embarrassed to tell you that I believe in miracles.
Corazon Aquino
#61. It is true you cannot eat freedom and you cannot power machinery with democracy. But then neither can political prisoners turn on the light in the cells of a dictatorship.
Corazon Aquino
#62. Boys can see adventure in a dirty old duck puddle, and if the Scoutmaster is a boys' man he can see it, too.
Baden Powell De Aquino
#63. It is only when you know a boy's environment that you can know what influences to bring to bear.
Baden Powell De Aquino
#64. Selfishness is the root of all jealousy. When we are caught up thinking about ourselves, we can't think about anyone else.
Anna M. Aquino
#65. In today's society, Christians have a bad rap for things like holding picketing signs, screaming mantras of hate, and bombing abortion clinics. Somehow, I don't think that's showing love.
Anna M. Aquino
#66. Don't worry about tomorrow, let it fix itself. Today has a problem of its own.
Kris Aquino
#67. Faith is not simply a patience that passively suffers until the storm is past. Rather, it is a spirit that bears things - with resignations, yes, but above all, with blazing, serene hope.
Corazon Aquino
#69. It's very simple, I just tell my sad story, and people weep.
Corazon Aquino
#71. I acknowledged that I owed my presidency to People Power. I resolved during my presidency that I would in turn empower the people.
Corazon Aquino
#74. When you restore democracy, you cannot say that only those who worked for the restoration of democracy will be allowed to use the privileges of a democracy.
Corazon Aquino
#75. I know my limitations, and I don't like politics. I was only involved because of my husband.
Corazon Aquino
#76. I would like to ask the many Filipino people to pray together, to help each other so that we will be able to preserve the democracy we restored 20 years ago.
Corazon Aquino
#78. The Philippines is strategically located and blessed with the greatest resource: its people, who are hard-working, very loyal, and very adaptive.
Benigno Aquino III
#79. Maturity is learning not to be run by your emotions. You control your emotions; they don't control you.
Anna M. Aquino
#80. Mom's paintings are a very small part of the legacy she left behind.
Benigno Aquino III
#81. If we say yes to something we believe is wrong now, what guarantee is there that the wrong will not be further exacerbated down the line?
Benigno Aquino III
#82. When my father returned home on the twenty-first of August 1983, he had a speech prepared. Filipinos never got to hear it, because he was murdered right on the tarmac.
Benigno Aquino III
#83. As you may know, the Millennium Challenge Corporation, or MCC, awards grants only to countries which rule justly, promote economic freedom, and invest in their people.
Benigno Aquino III
#84. National leaders who find themselves wilting under the withering criticisms by members of the media, would do well not to take such criticism personally but to regard the media as their allies in keeping the government clean and honest, its services.
Corazon Aquino
#86. Peace in the Middle East is of prime importance to the Philippines, due to the presence of around 2 million of our countrymen working in that region.
Benigno Aquino III
#88. It should be the thing never to mention unfairness of judging when defeated in a contest.
Baden Powell De Aquino
#89. The Philippines has vast minerals that are still untapped. It has one of the world's largest deposits of gold, nickel, copper and chromite. Through responsible mining, we intend to generate more revenues from the extraction of these resources.
Benigno Aquino III
#91. The focus of my administration is, if somebody decides to work abroad, then it has to be from choice as opposed to necessity.
Benigno Aquino III
#92. The people want to go back to the time when democracy was in full bloom.
Benigno Aquino III
#93. Perhaps the strongest signal of reengagement with Southeast Asia was the U.S.'s accession to the Southeast Asian Treaty of Amity and Cooperation.
Benigno Aquino III
#96. The object of the patrol method is not so much saving the Scoutmaster trouble as to give responsibility to the boy.
Baden Powell De Aquino
#97. When the Walkman was the craze in my generation, I was one of the first to have it.
Benigno Aquino III
#98. Freedom of expression - in particular, freedom of the press - guarantees popular participation in the decisions and actions of government, and popular participation is the essence of our democracy.
Corazon Aquino
#99. We don't get typhoons in December. They normally end by September. A typhoon happening in October is considered a late event.
Benigno Aquino III
#100. Part of my mandate is to curb corruption and streamline a cumbersome, graft-ridden bureaucracy, to put resources where they will provide the clearest results, and to untangle a complicated regulatory environment.
Benigno Aquino III
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