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One must be frank to be relevant.
Corazon Aquino / Former President Of The Philippines
Communication
Frank
Relevant
What Matters
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The nation was awakened by that deafening shot.
Corazon Aquino / Former President Of The Philippines
History
Awakened
Nations
Rehabilitation
Shots
Shot
Nation
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As I came to power peacefully, so shall I keep it.
Corazon Aquino / Former President Of The Philippines
Peace
Came
Peacefully
Shall
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Keep inviolate an area of light and peace within you.
Corazon Aquino / Former President Of The Philippines
Light
Peace Within
Serenity
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It's very simple, I just tell my sad story, and people weep.
Corazon Aquino / Former President Of The Philippines
Sad
People
Sad Story
Simple
Stories
Weep
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I am not embarrassed to tell you that I believe in miracles.
Corazon Aquino / Former President Of The Philippines
Positive
Believe
Embarrassed
Miracle
Positive Believe I Believe
Believe I Am I Believe
Positive Believe I Am
Am
Miracles
Tell
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It is not I who have been consigned to the bedroom of history.
Corazon Aquino / Former President Of The Philippines
History
Bedroom
Has Beens
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The only thing I can really offer the Filipino people is my sincerity.
Corazon Aquino / Former President Of The Philippines
Filipino
People
Sincerity
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I would rather die a meaningful death than to live a meaningless life.
Corazon Aquino / Former President Of The Philippines
Death
Life
Wise
Meaningful
Meaningless
Life Death Live
Die
Death Die Live
Live
Life Death Die
Would
Rather
Than
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I am not an icon of democracy. You are all, collectively, the icon of democracy.
Corazon Aquino / Former President Of The Philippines
Democracy
Icons
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I just do whatever it is that I believe I should do, regardless of the risks to my life.
Corazon Aquino / Former President Of The Philippines
Chance
Believe
I Believe
Risk
Should
Life Chance Believe
Whatever
My Life
Regardless
Risks
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I know my limitations, and I don't like politics. I was only involved because of my husband.
Corazon Aquino / Former President Of The Philippines
Husband
Knows
Limits
Limitations
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I believe that during these times, we should not forget that many sacrificed to regain our democracy.
Corazon Aquino / Former President Of The Philippines
Believe
Democracy
Forget
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It's not just in politics that you can be a servant of the people, you can do it in so many other ways.
Corazon Aquino / Former President Of The Philippines
People
Servant
Way
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You, the foreign media, have been the companion of my people in its long and painful journey to freedom.
Corazon Aquino / Former President Of The Philippines
Journey
Companion
Media
Pain
Painful
Freedom Long People
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All the world wondered as they witnessed... a people lift themselves from humiliation to the greatest pride.
Corazon Aquino / Former President Of The Philippines
Humiliation
People
Pride
World
All The World
Greatest
Pride World People
Lift
Themselves
Witnessed
Wondered
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The media's power is frail. Without the people's support, it can be shut off with the ease of turning a light switch.
Corazon Aquino / Former President Of The Philippines
Ease
Frail
Light
Media
People
Support
Turning
Off
Shut
Switch
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I salute the 51 congressmen who voted (for the impeachment complaints.) It's not over yet. There will always be hope.
Corazon Aquino / Former President Of The Philippines
Complaints
Congressman
Salute
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The government cannot do everything all at once. It can't wave a magic wand and meet everyone's demands simultaneously.
Corazon Aquino / Former President Of The Philippines
Government
Demand
Magic
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There is much that women can bring into politics that would make our world a kinder, gentler place for humanity to thrive in.
Corazon Aquino / Former President Of The Philippines
Humanity
Our World
Thrive
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I acknowledged that I owed my presidency to People Power. I resolved during my presidency that I would in turn empower the people.
Corazon Aquino / Former President Of The Philippines
Empowering
People
Presidency
Turns
Acknowledged
Empower
Owed
Resolved
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I know there isn't anything I can do that will please everybody. But if I have done according to my beliefs, I sleep very very well.
Corazon Aquino / Former President Of The Philippines
Belief
Done
Sleep
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We Filipinos have to exercise the necessary pressure on Marcos. But it would certainly help our cause if the Americans would stop supporting Mr. Marcos.
Corazon Aquino / Former President Of The Philippines
Supporting
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I've reached a point in life where it's no longer necessary to try to impress. If they like me the way I am, that's good. If they don't, that's too bad.
Corazon Aquino / Former President Of The Philippines
Good
Impress
Trying
Way
Life Where I Am
Like
Life Good I Am
Me
Am
Try
Bad
Too
Longer
Necessary
Point
Reached
Where
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Let's continue to pray for each other and ask the Lord to bring us closer to each other. He (God) will bring us not only 79 votes, but more than 79 (votes).
Corazon Aquino / Former President Of The Philippines
Lord
Praying
Vote
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When you restore democracy, you cannot say that only those who worked for the restoration of democracy will be allowed to use the privileges of a democracy.
Corazon Aquino / Former President Of The Philippines
Democracy
Restoration
Allowed
Privileges
Worked
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I would like to ask the many Filipino people to pray together, to help each other so that we will be able to preserve the democracy we restored 20 years ago.
Corazon Aquino / Former President Of The Philippines
Democracy
People
Years
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As our country bled . . . its leader's wife came to this podium piously to call for a new human order, this when thousands of Filipinos were political prisoners.
Corazon Aquino / Former President Of The Philippines
Country
Order
Wife
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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.
Corazon Aquino / Former President Of The Philippines
Peace
Cells
Democracy
Dictatorship
Light
Machinery
Political
Political Prisoners
Eat
Neither
Prisoners
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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.
Corazon Aquino / Former President Of The Philippines
Peace
Cost
Diversity
Justice For All
Principles
Reconciliation
Should
Hope Peace Justice
Accompanied
Any
Based
Last
Otherwise
Principle
While
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The politicians think that I have not included enough of them; the nonpoliticians think that I have gone back to the old ways; and the mass public groups think I have forgotten them.
Corazon Aquino / Former President Of The Philippines
Leadership
Women
Thinking
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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.
Corazon Aquino / Former President Of The Philippines
Inspirational
Patience
Faith
Hope
Bears
Blazing
Serene
Spirit
Storm
Things
Above
Simply
Passively
Rather
Suffers
Yes
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It wasn't until we got over the self pity that we were able to accept suffering as apart of our life with Christ. A man or woman reaches this plane only when he or she ceases to be the hero.
Corazon Aquino / Former President Of The Philippines
Men
Christ
Hero
Pity
Self
Suffering
Life Hero Man
Accept
Apart
Ceases
He Or She
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I don't have any formula for ousting a dictator or building democracy. All I can suggest is to forget about yourself and just think of your people. It's always the people who make things happen.
Corazon Aquino / Former President Of The Philippines
Democracy
Dictator
Forget
People
Things Happen
Thinking
Always Yourself Your
Formula
Happen
Suggest
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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.
Corazon Aquino / Former President Of The Philippines
Government
Democracy
Essence
Expression
Freedom Of Expression
Guarantees
Participation
Decisions
Actions
Popular
Press
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You have spent many lives and much treasure to bring freedom to many lands that were reluctant to receive it. And here you have a people who won it by themselves and need only the help to preserve it.
Corazon Aquino / Former President Of The Philippines
Freedom
Land
People
Reluctant
Treasure
Bring
Won
Help
Lands
Preserve
Receive
Spent
Themselves
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If I fail to remove Marcos and vindicate the people's verdict by peaceful, nonviolent action, my methods will be discredited. And if anger persists, I will be marginalized, and others will take over leadership of the movement.
Corazon Aquino / Former President Of The Philippines
Anger
Leadership
Action
Marginalized
Movement
Peaceful
Remove
Verdict
Fail
Nonviolent
Persists
Vindicate
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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 people who would support you all the way.
Corazon Aquino / Former President Of The Philippines
Children
Religious
Religious Faith
Strong
Faith Family Me
Anything Else
Family Faith Me
More Than Anything
Sustained
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National leaders who find themselves wilting under the withering criticisms by members of the media, would do well not to take such criticism personally but to regard the media as their allies in keeping the government clean and honest, its services
Corazon Aquino / Former President Of The Philippines
Government
Leader
Media
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National leaders who find themselves wilting under the withering criticisms by members of the media, would do well not to take such criticism personally but to regard the media as their allies in keeping the government clean and honest, its services.
Corazon Aquino / Former President Of The Philippines
Allies
Clean
Criticism
Honest
Media
Members
Regard
Withering
Leaders
National
Personally
Services
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I believe that during these times, we should not forget that many sacrificed to regain our democracy. We cannot just keep quiet because that is what happened during martial law. Our dictator then believed that he can do anything to keep himself in power.
Corazon Aquino / Former President Of The Philippines
Believe
Democracy
Law
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I was very privileged and really blessed with so many material and spiritual gifts that I should give back, ... I should do something for my people, but ... it's not just in politics that you can be a servant of the people, you can do it in so many other ways.
Corazon Aquino / Former President Of The Philippines
Blessed
People
Spiritual
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I cannot think of a tactical alliance with the Left because I represent the idea that there is a peaceful, nonviolent way to dislodge a dictatorship... A tactical Left alliance damages my argument. If I succeed with them, we will never know if peace can really produce freedom.
Corazon Aquino / Former President Of The Philippines
Dictatorship
Peaceful
Produce
Succeed
Tactical
Alliance
Represent
Damages
Nonviolent
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My biggest disappointment was, of course, the coup attempts, ... The economy was proceeding very well, but in 1989 we had the most serious coup attempt and ... many of the investors who were set to come here had to tell me that they chose to go to other countries because of the uncertainty brought about by (the coup attempt.) If that had not happened, I'm sure our economy would just be booming today.
Corazon Aquino / Former President Of The Philippines
Country
Disappointment
Today
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