Corazon Aquino
Corazon Aquino
Maria Corazon "Cory" Sumulong Cojuangco-Aquino, popularly known as Cory Aquino, was a Filipino politician who served as the 11th President of the Philippines, the first woman to hold that office and the first female president in Asia. Aquino was the most prominent figure of the 1986 People Power Revolution, which toppled the 20-year authoritarian rule of President Ferdinand E. Marcos and restored democracy to the Philippines. She was named Time magazine's "Woman of the Year" in 1986. Prior to this,...
ProfessionWorld Leader
Date of Birth25 January 1933
CityManila, Philippines
What is this emergency act all about? Is it another name for martial law?
To begin with, this agreement was designed to favor the Americans.
I would like to ask all the Filipino people to pray together, to help each other so that we will be able to preserve the democracy we restored 20 years ago.
Somebody asked me if I can still do it. I think I still can.
Maybe this is one way of telling them how much it means not only to me but to all of us who love our democracy and who are searching for the truth.
we will get to the truth. Thats what were all asking for. We lost, probably yes, but we still need to band together.
All the world wondered as they witnessed... a people lift themselves from humiliation to the greatest pride.
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.
The media's power is frail. Without the people's support, it can be shut off with the ease of turning a light switch.
I am not embarrassed to tell you that I believe in miracles.
It's not just in politics that you can be a servant of the people, you can do it in so many other ways.
The government cannot do everything all at once. It can't wave a magic wand and meet everyone's demands simultaneously ...
I believe that during these times, we should not forget that many sacrificed to regain our democracy. We cannot just keep quiet because that is what happened during martial law. Our dictator then believed that he can do anything to keep himself in power.
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.