I Acknowledged That I Owed My Presidency

I Am Not An Icon Of Democracy. You Are All, Collectively, The Icon Of Democracy.

As Our Country Bled . . . Its Leader's Wife Came To This Podium Piously To Call For A New Human Order, This When Thousands Of Filipinos Were Political Prisoners.

It Wasn't Until We Got Over The Self Pity That We Were Able To Accept Suffering As Apart Of Our Life With Christ. A Man Or Woman Reaches This Plane Only When He Or She Ceases To Be The Hero.

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

I Just Do Whatever It Is That I Believe I Should Do, Regardless Of The Risks To My Life.