"The Filipino is worth dying for."

"I am just an ordinary housewife who was called to an extraordinary mission."

"It's very simple, I just tell my sad story, and people weep."

"Because of the restoration of democracy, and because the great majority of the Filipino people really believe in the democratic way, the left -- the extreme left -- have really lost their following."

"The Communist leadership here either misread or misjudged the last election. In effect, they worked against me."