In honor of the late Pres. Cory Aquino, I'm compiling these quotes below.
"All the world wondered as they witnessed... a people lift themselves from humiliation to the greatest pride. "
"As I came to power peacefully, so shall I keep it."
"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."
"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."
"One must be frank to be relevant."
"I would rather die a meaningful death than to live a meaningless life."
"I just do whatever it is that I believe I should do, regardless of the risks to my life."
"I am not embarrassed to tell you that I believe in miracles."
"It is not I who have been consigned to the bedroom of history."
"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. "
"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."
"It's very simple, I just tell my sad story, and people weep. "
"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. "
"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. "
"The media's power is frail. Without the people's support, it can be shut off with the ease of turning a light switch. "
"The nation was awakened by that deafening shot. "
"Somebody asked me if I can still do it. I think I still can."
"Maybe this is one way of telling them how much it means not only to me but to all of us who love our democracy and who are searching for the truth."
" I would rather die a meaningful death than to live a meaningless life."
