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1933–2009
María Corazón "Cory" Sumulong Cojuangco-Aquino (January 25, 1933 – August 1, 2009) was a Filipino politician who served as the 11th president of the Philippines and the first woman president in the country, from 1986 to 1992. She was the most prominent figure of the 1986 People Power Revolution, which ended the two-decade rule of President Ferdinand Marcos and led to the establishment of the current democratic Fifth Philippine Republic.
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I am not embarrassed to tell you that I believe in miracles.
By the grace of God and the unshakeable faith of the Filipino people, I am confident we shall pull through.
I don´t know anything about the presidency.
For the first time in the history of the world, a civilian population has been called to defend the military.
The nation was awakened by that deafening shot.
All the world wondered as they witnessed... a people lift themselves from humiliation to the greatest pride.
I would rather die a meaningful death than to live a meaningless life.
This is the glory of democracy, that its most solemn moment should be the peaceful transfer of power.
None of the good that we do is ever lost; not even the light in an empty room is wasted.
Let us rather be grateful to the nation and to the historical moment for the privilege we had of being heroes.
As President, I have never prayed for anything for myself; only for our people.
People used to compare me to the ideal president, but he doesn´t exist and never existed. He has never lived.
As I came to power peacefully, so shall I keep it. That is my contract with my people and my commitment to God.
Government often had to do what pressing realities compelled it. And if the government sometimes lacked better choices, it never lacked the sincere desire to do good.
In giving, we receive; in losing, we find; and out of defeat, we snatched our victory.
It is my aim to add the distinction of shepherding our democracy through its first political succession, by clean and peaceful elections.
I hope that history will judge me as favorably as our people still regard me because, as God is my witness, I honestly did the best I could. No more can be asked of any man.
I firmly believe in the freedom of the press. And I accept the criticisms poured on me, painful as they are, as part and parcel of the hazards of public service, and conducive to its honest performance.
During Ninoy´s incarceration and before my presidency, I used to ask why it had always to be us to make the sacrifice. And then, when Ninoy died, I would say, ´Why does it have to be me now?´It seemed like we were always the sacrificial lamb.
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