"I was no Marie Antoinette. I was not born to nobility, but I had a human right to nobility."

"The poor have so little, and they deserve so much. We have to give them hope, beauty, and a dream."

"I am a visionary. I see what others don't see."

"I am not a queen, but I am treated like one."

"I believe that the Filipinos are a very special people. We are a people of God, and we have a destiny."