Quotes by Corazon Aquino

“One must be frank to be relevant.”

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

“I guess my religious faith sustained me more than anything else. Family is also very important. If I didn't have children, it would have been too difficult. Even if you are strong, you still need p...”

“The nation was awakened by that deafening shot.”

“It is not I who have been consigned to the bedroom of history.”

“The media's power is frail. Without the people's support, it can be shut off with the ease of turning a light switch.”

“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.”

“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.”

“I know my limitations, and I don't like politics. I was only involved because of my husband.”

“Freedom of expression - in particular, freedom of the press - guarantees popular participation in the decisions and actions of government, and popular participation is the essence of our democracy.”

“As I came to power peacefully, so shall I keep it.”

“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.”

“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.”

“By the grace of God and the unshakeable faith of the Filipino people, I am confident we shall pull through.”

“In giving, we receive; in losing, we find; and out of defeat, we snatched our victory.”

“With malice towards none, with charity for all, with firmness in the rights as God gives us to see the rights, let us finish the work we are in, to bind up the nation’s wounds, to care for him who ...”

“As I came to power peacefully, so shall I keep it. That is my contract with my people and my commitment to God.”

“None of the good that we do is ever lost; not even the light in an empty room is wasted.”

“I believed that nowhere could you find more effective cures for the ills of our country — such as the habit of oppression, the inclination to corruption, betrayal of the public interest — than in t...”