Corazon Aquino
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Biography
María Corazón "Cory" Sumulong Cojuangco-Aquino was a Filipino politician who served as the 11th president of the Philippines, serving from 1986 to 1992. The first female president in Philippine history, Aquino 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.
"I would rather die a meaningful death than to live a meaningless life."
"Faith is not simply a patience that passively suffers until the storm is past. Rather, it is a spirit that bears things - with resignations, yes, but above all, with blazing, serene hope."
"The nation was awakened by that deafening shot."
"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."
"In giving, we receive; in losing, we find; and out of defeat, we snatched our victory."
"With malice towards none, with charity for all, with firmness in the rights as God gives us to see the rights, let us finish the work we are in, to bind up the nation’s wounds, to care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow and for his orphans, to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and lasting peace among ourselves and with all nations."
"None of the good that we do is ever lost; not even the light in an empty room is wasted."
"I believed that nowhere could you find more effective cures for the ills of our country — such as the habit of oppression, the inclination to corruption, betrayal of the public interest — than in the blessings of democracy: freedom; rights; transparent dealings; and a government of the people by the people themselves."
"Let us rather be grateful to the nation and to the historical moment for the privilege we had of being heroes."
"I guess my religious faith sustained me more than anything else. Family is also very important. If I didn't have children, it would have been too difficult. Even if you are strong, you still need people who would support you all the way."
"Freedom of expression - in particular, freedom of the press - guarantees popular participation in the decisions and actions of government, and popular participation is the essence of our democracy."
"It is true you cannot eat freedom and you cannot power machinery with democracy. But then neither can political prisoners turn on the light in the cells of a dictatorship."
"You, the foreign media, have been the companion of my people in its long and painful journey to freedom."
"Freedom of expression - in particular, freedom of the press - guarantees popular participation in the decisions and actions of government, and popular participation is the essence of our democracy."
"I know my limitations, and I don't like politics. I was only involved because of my husband."
"It's very simple, I just tell my sad story, and people weep."
"One must be frank to be relevant."
"The media's power is frail. Without the people's support, it can be shut off with the ease of turning a light switch."
"As I came to power peacefully, so shall I keep it."
"I just do whatever it is that I believe I should do, regardless of the risks to my life."