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1920–2017
Eva Estrada Kalaw (born Evangelina Reynada Estrada; June 16, 1920 – May 25, 2017) was a Filipina politician who served as a senator in the Senate of the Philippines from 1965 to 1972 during the presidency of Ferdinand Marcos. She was one of the key opposition figures against Marcos' 20-year rule and was instrumental in his downfall during the People Power Revolution in 1986.
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There are positions in politics and in life that people of principle must never compromise, no matter how difficult or dangerous these may be.
I am not a dove nor am I a hawk. I am a Kalaw, a truly Philippine bird.
The results of the election were clearly computerized daya. We were cheated, plain and simple. The cheating was massive, even by Marcos standards.
Freedom in my country today is far from having achieved her goal. The stones of her prison lie at her feet, but her jailers still surround her, bristling with arms that, ironically, democracy's arsenal — America — supplies.
In my political life, I have seen the good and the bad in every person. The character of a person comes out in the toughest situations. In those situations, the values inculcated in one's youth come out as one's principles and character.
Nostalgia does lend an aura of perfection to history, but we must remember that perfection lies not behind us, but ahead of us. It is not a territory that we shall one day conquer but rather, a city we must one day build.
Claro M. Recto saw the lack of Philippine nationalism as the reason behind the weak, docile and unassertive policies of our government. This, in turn, resulted in foreign control of the Philippine economy.
In my life both public and private, I have said words and done deeds that might not have been popular in some circles. On countless occasions, I have seen good people with clear and honest intentions fall prey to the lure of power and the mud of petty politics. It is in the most trying of times that we can truly separate the statesman from the politician.
My struggle today is but my continuing contribution to the faithful struggle of generations of Filipinos who, like your own heroes, laid down their lives, their fortunes and their sacred honor at the altar of freedom. It is also may offering to the future vigilance of generations to come.
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