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We cannot and we will not negotiate with terrorists. We have nothing but contempt for them. To conciliate differences with these people without them changing their objectives is to condemn our Republic to ultimate strangulation and death.

— Ferdinand Marcos

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Of what good is democracy if it is not for the poor?

Notes on the New Society of the Philippines (1973)

My spirit will rise from the grave and the world shall know that I was right.

Leadership is the other side of the coin of loneliness, and he who is a leader must always act alone. And in acting alone, accept everything alone.

Elect me as your congressman today, I promise you an Ilocano president in 20 years.

Election speech as candidate for Congress (1949)

Authority must be utilized by government to attain certain noble objective but this authority must be circumscribed.

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