Top 43 Quotes by Miriam Defensor-Santiago

That's the very essence of pork barrelism, when you give a huge lump sum to a person and say, 'Well, tell us what you want it for, but you are free to decide where to spend it on.'

The Philippines will have to once and for all abandon its full-spectrum dependence on America as a guarantor of its national security.

It is illegal for the budget department to discriminate among senators.

I'm not in the habit of going to a psychologist. I psychologize myself.

I have passed all the physical hardships known to man.

I thought you would have to be insane to go into politics.

I do not have any strong desire to remain in government. When my task is done, I shall be happy to leave and enhance my love life with my husband.

Sexy is the attraction that is given as an encomium to women or men, or the capacity to attract the attention of the opposite sex because of their physical attributes.

What makes me angry is when people know what is right but have, over the years, attuned themselves to the fact that what they're doing, stealing money from government, is acceptable.

Entering politics is a fate worse than death.