"I really had no great love for shoes. I was a working First Lady; I was always in canvas shoes. I did nurture the shoes industry of the Philippines, and so every time there was a shoe fair, I would re…"

"I have a divine right to be rich."

"I will come up with a project that will wipe out poverty in the Philippines in two years. I want to remove the people from economic crisis by using the Marcos wealth. Long after I'm gone, people will …"

"Filipinos don't wallow in what is miserable and ugly. They recycle the bad into things of beauty."

"I don't have to be humble. I am Imelda Marcos."