"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."

"I have always believed that the Filipino is worth dying for."

"I am ready to die for my country, but I am not ready to see my country die."

"History will be kind to me, for I intend to write it."

"Of what good is democracy if it is not for the poor?"