"Reconciliation should be accompanied by justice, otherwise it will not last. While we all hope for peace it shouldn't be peace at any cost but peace based on principle, on justice."
-Corazon Aquino
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"You, the foreign media, have been the companion of my people in its long and painful journey to freedom.“
-Corazon Aquino
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"Faith is not simply a patience that passively suffers until the storm is past. Rather, it is a spirit that bears things - with resignations, yes, but above all, with blazing, serene hope."
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"I would rather die a meaningful death than to live a meaningless life."
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"I guess my religious faith sustained me more than anything else. Family is also very important. If I didn't have children, it would have been too difficult. Even if you are strong, you still need people who would support you all the way."
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"It is true you cannot eat freedom and you cannot power machinery with democracy. But then neither can political prisoners turn on the light in the cells of a dictatorship."
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"I know my limitations, and I don't like politics. I was only involved because of my husband."
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