Corazon Aquino

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

One must be frank to be relevant.

I acknowledged that I owed my presidency to People Power. I resolved during my presidency that I would in turn empower the people.

By pouring money and goods into devastated regions, foreign aid workers sometimes compound the disruption and debauch the survivors.

We are as liable to be corrupted by books, as by companions.

America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.