The primary problem in many modernizing societies is not liberty but the creation of a legitimate public order. Men may, of course, have order without liberty, but they cannot have liberty without order.

I do not care how brave a president is; I do not care how many medals he may wear. I do not care how well trained his guards may be. If he violates the will of the people, he shall be eliminated.

I'll take my destiny, whatever that may be, but I'm going to fight for my dignity and my honor.

I have been called brave in my time, but brave as I may have been against foreign invaders, I have no heart to shed Filipino blood.

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

To write our constitution is for the past, the present, and the future to come together all at once in one single motion, in one single heave, one single cry. For we correct the errors of the past and chart a new course for the future, based on the experience of the present.