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

I don’t believe in courtship.It’s a waste of time. If I love the person, I’ll tell her right away. But for you, I’ll make an exception. Just love me now, and I’ll court you forever.

I have committed many sins in my life. But stealing money from the government, from the people, is not one of them.

There are many things we do not want in this world. Let us not just mourn them; let us change them

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

History should not be left to the historians. Rather, be like Churchill. Make history, and then write it.

I often wonder what I will be remembered in history for. Scholar? Military hero? Builder?

Some people say the president is incapable of enforcing the law. Let them say that once more and I will set the tanks on them.

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

Once a champion, always a champion.

It is not a choice of life, it is a choice of death. If this is life, I'd rather die.

Sometimes we don't know where we are going until we get there.

When I was twelve, someone stole all those dreams of normal from me." ~ Blake

Conflict makes people feel alive.

So when I got to 50 I just thought, Hold on: I'm thin. I've got my hair. I'm well off. I survived, you know

To fight monsters, we created monsters of our own.

Chicks can make you flip more than any drug would.

None of this matters a bit. Yet, of course, it matters at that moment. So we try to be mindful of the moment; but it's fleeting.

San Francisco, America's B-movie imitation of Paris. San Francisco, the city that ruined punk rock. San Francisco, the most intolerant place in the country.

I really wanted to be a part of that movement or better yet create that movement.

Sometimes, things may not go your way, but the effort should be there every single night.