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Cecilia Muñoz-Palma Quotes

1913–2006 Philippines

Cecilia Arreglado Muñoz-Palma (November 22, 1913 – January 2, 2006) was a Filipino jurist and the first woman appointed to the Supreme Court of the Philippines. She was appointed to the Supreme Court by President Ferdinand Marcos on October 29, 1973, and served until she reached the then-mandatory retirement age of 65.

Philippines
Jurist

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A beautiful irony which cannot be overlooked.

Marcos’ referendum to legitimize martial law can be of no far-reaching significance as it is accomplished under an atmosphere or climate of fear.

My loyalty is to the Constitution, to justice, and to the Filipino people.

When matters of conscience are at issue, one must be prepared to espouse and embrace a rightful cause, however unpopular it may be.’

Grandiose acts are not the measure of greatness; it is the small things that we do in the name of love and service to God, country and fellowmen that really counts.

When I took my oath of office, I said to myself that my loyalty is not to the appointing power but to the Constitution, to justice and to the Filipino people.

We shall be judged by history…not by what we want to do and can’t, but by what we ought to do and don’t.

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Cecilia Muñoz-Palma (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.