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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.

— Eva Estrada Kalaw

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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.

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.

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