Quotes
I come bearing an olive branch in one hand, and the freedom fighter's gun in the other. Do not let the olive branch fall from my hand.
Corazon C. Aquino
You, the foreign media, have been the companion of my people in its long and painful journey to freedom.
Corazon C. Aquino
You have spent many lives and much treasure to bring freedom to many lands that were reluctant to receive it. And here you have a people who won it by themselves and need only the help to preserve it.
Corazon C. Aquino
They came out in the millions to show their dogged support for the woman the dictatorship claimed it had defeated in the election.
Corazon C. Aquino
The nation was awakened by that deafening shot.
Corazon C. Aquino
The media's power is frail. Without the people's support, it can be shut off with the ease of turning a light switch.
Corazon C. Aquino
Reconciliation should be accompanied by justice, otherwise it will not last. While we all hope for peace it shouldn't be peace at any cost but peace based on principle, on justice.
Corazon C. Aquino
One must be frank to be relevant.
Corazon C. Aquino
National leaders who find themselves wilting under the withering criticisms by members of the media, would do well not to take such criticism personally but to regard the media as their allies in keeping the government clean and honest, its services.
Corazon C. Aquino
It's very simple, I just tell my sad story, and people weep.
Corazon C. Aquino