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Filipinos are not worse than any other colonized people except that our colonization was a little longer, and the independence movement was always dictated in political terms, never in social ones. We borrowed terms, but we didn't understand them.

~Ferdinand Marcos

Topics: Always Any Borrowed Colonization Dictated Except Independence Little Longer Movement Never Other Our People Political Social Terms Than Them Understand Worse

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The primary problem in many modernizing societies is not liberty but the creation of a legitimate public order. Men may, of course, have order without liberty, but they cannot have liberty without order.

~Ferdinand Marcos

Topics: Cannot Course Creation Legitimate Liberty Many May Men Order Primary Problem Public Societies Without

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I am ashamed to run against a lady. It's demeaning, very degrading. I have always refused to argue with a lady.

~Ferdinand Marcos

Topics: Against Always Am Argue Ashamed Degrading Demeaning Lady Refused Run Very I Am

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I am not afraid to go to jail.

~Ferdinand Marcos

Topics: Afraid Am Go Jail I Am

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How can I wage political battle against a widow who does not mean anyone any harm except only the president himself?

~Ferdinand Marcos

Topics: Against Any Anyone Battle Does Except Harm Himself How Mean Only Political President Wage Who Widow

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To preserve our sovereign integrity, we must prove to them nobody need tell us how to hold a clean and democratic election.

~Ferdinand Marcos

Topics: Clean Democratic Election Hold How Integrity Must Need Nobody Our Preserve Prove Sovereign Tell Them Us

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The challenge to Asia is to discard the dry, meatless bone of mysticism and fatalism.

~Ferdinand Marcos

Topics: Asia Bone Challenge Discard Dry Fatalism Mysticism

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I have Chinese blood in me... I am not ashamed to admit that perhaps the great leaders of our country all have Chinese blood.

~Ferdinand Marcos

Topics: Admit Am Ashamed Blood Chinese Country Great Great Leaders Leaders Me Our Perhaps I Am

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I can feel it in my bones that no matter what we do, even if we do not do anything, the revolutionary government of Madame Cory Aquino will collapse.

~Ferdinand Marcos

Topics: Anything Bones Collapse Even Feel Government Matter Revolutionary Will I Can

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The challenge to America is to extend to Asia the defensive shield of American power in forms consonant with Asian freedom and self-respect.

~Ferdinand Marcos

Topics: America American Asia Asian Challenge Defensive Extend Forms Freedom Power Self-Respect Shield

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Biography

Nationality: Filipino

Type: Statesman

Born: September 11th, 1917

Died: September 28th, 1989

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