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.

~ Ferdinand Marcos

Ferdinand Marcos Political People

My countrymen: we have reached a turning point in our history. The choice is yours. Shall we venture into this brave new world, bright with possibilities, or retreat to the safety of our familiar but sterile past? I am for crossing the frontier.

~ Ferdinand Marcos

Ferdinand Marcos Safety I Am Past

Little boys have amazing minds.

~ Ferdinand Marcos

Ferdinand Marcos Minds Little

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.

~ Ferdinand Marcos

Ferdinand Marcos Leader Loneliness Alone

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

~ Ferdinand Marcos

Ferdinand Marcos World Want Just

The permissiveness of society must be balanced with authoritativeness.

~ Ferdinand Marcos

Ferdinand Marcos Must Balanced