I hope that the truth shall eventually give me back my freedom.

Through the ballot, we can defend our democracy from the threat of dictatorship.

The truth will come out in the end.

I will prove my innocence, ... I guarantee the Filipino people that I will be vindicated because the truth is on my side.

Why should I resign ... First of all, I am not guilty of any of these charges. Second, we have a constitution to follow.

There is only one government in the Philippines and that is how it will stay.

My detention has been worth every second if only to prove my innocence to those who truly matter most my countrymen.

Peace, ... is crucial, because my government aims to hasten Mindanao's development by transforming it into the country's food basket.

The downsides of globalization are indeed painful, ... But taking the bigger pills against its ills is superior to living inside a sterile bubble.

My term ends in June 2004 and I have no intention to change that.

I'm convinced I will be cleared of all these charges that were unfairly leveled against me.

While he sweated out a story she bled put a poem. (Dark City Lights)

People who make no mistakes lack boldness and the spirit of adventure. They are the brakes on the wheels of progress.

Failures and mistakes are definitely the greatest teachers to all great minds.

We have a lot of thoughts throughout our entire life, but ultimately we get all to the conclusion of a single thought: Death!

The establishment is made up of little men, very frightened.

You know what really keeps your staff on their toes? A harpoon gun.

What adults call 'wrong' in Child Art is the most beautiful and most precious. I value highly those things done by small children. They are the first and purest source of artistic creation.

The thing that attracted me to my husband was his pride. I'll never forget the first time I saw him, standing up on a hill, his hair blowing in the breeze - and he too proud to run and get it.

I have learned that keeping my personal life outside of work is the easier, richer way to work.

People don't alter history any more than birds alter the sky, they just make brief patterns in it.