Top 43 Quotes by Miriam Defensor-Santiago

About Miriam Defensor-Santiago

These are some quotes by Filipino author Miriam Defensor-Santiago Politician, who was born on June 15, 1945.

Barring public demand, any person who pursues the presidency out of personal ambition must be suffering from a basic genetic defect.

Barring public demand, any person who pursues the presidency out of personal ambition must be suffering from a basic genetic defect.

Miriam Defensor-Santiago

Since we all know that death is inevitable, I don't really see the difference between dying now and dying a decade later. So if I'm threatened with assassination, I welcome it!

Since we all know that death is inevitable, I don't really see the difference between dying now and dying a decade later. So if I'm threatened with assassination, I welcome it!

Miriam Defensor-Santiago

Obviously, the Philippines or any regional state can never match Chinese defense spending, but we will have to develop minimum deterrence capabilities that allow us to resist and inflict sufficient retaliation if China continues to undermine Philippine territorial integrity.

Miriam Defensor-Santiago

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