marcos Quotes

“I did not have three thousand pairs of shoes, I had one thousand and sixty.”

“The Philippines is a terrible name, coming from Spain. Phillip II was the father of the inquisition, who I believe died of syphilis. It is my great regret that we didn't change the name of our country.”

“It is shallow people who think beauty is frivolous or excessive. If you are bringing beauty and god, you are enriching the country. Rice feeds the body, books feed the mind, beauty feeds the soul. It is one thing I can really be proud of and stand tall in the world.”

“Filipinos don't wallow in what is miserable and ugly. They recycle the bad into things of beauty.”

“Filipinos want beauty. I have to look beautiful so that the poor Filipinos will have a star to look at from their slums.”

“I will come up with a project that will wipe out poverty in the Philippines in two years. I want to remove the people from economic crisis by using the Marcos wealth. Long after I'm gone, people will remember me for building them homes and roads and hospitals and giving them food.”

“There are many things we do not want about the world. Let us not just mourn them. Let us change them.”

“They went into my closets looking for skeletons, but thank God, all they found were shoes, beautiful shoes.”

“I love everybody. One of the great things about me is that I have a very positive attitude.”

“I have never been a material girl. My father always told me never to love anything that cannot love you back.”