Ferdinand Marcos
Ferdinand Marcos
Ferdinand Emmanuel Edralin Marcos, Sr.was a Filipino politician and kleptocrat who was President of the Philippines from 1965 to 1986. He ruled as dictator under martial law from 1972 until 1981. While his regime started an unprecedented number of infrastructure projects and monuments, it also became infamous for its corruption, extravagance and brutality...
NationalityFilipino
ProfessionWorld Leader
Date of Birth11 September 1917
CitySarrat, Philippines
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You even have tourists visiting the site which is great. It would make people more conscious about the availability of alternative power sources.
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Filipinos are not worse than any other colonized people except that our colonization was a little longer, and the independence movement was always dictated in political terms, never in social ones. We borrowed terms, but we didn't understand them.
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We cannot and we will not negotiate with terrorists. We have nothing but contempt for them. To conciliate differences with these people without them changing their objectives is to condemn our Republic to ultimate strangulation and death.
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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.
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I have committed many sins in my life. But stealing money from the government, from the people, is not one of them.
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No matter how strong and dedicated a leader may be, he must find root and strength amongst the people. He alone cannot save a nation. He may guide, he may set the tone, he may dedicate himself and risk his life, but only the people may save themselves.
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Frankly, if there's money to be made the province would have involved itself.
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Sir, ma'am liked this when she saw this in New York. But she couldn't afford it,
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We only sold a portion because, upon the advice of the World Bank, those carbon credits that we are still entitled to may be sold at a higher price later,
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I can understand the Cultural Revolution of Mao Tse-tung.
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America must realize, there are conditions she must accept in Asia. The first is a diversity of Asian cultures, governments, economic and political systems; the second, that to run against the tide of Asian nationalism is worse than impractical - it is also highly dangerous.
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Freedom is not just declared; it is exercised.
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I was deposed by a coup d'etat, by friends that I trusted and aided by the American Government.
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What we ask of the developed countries is to let the Third World find a third way.