Imelda Marcos:

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 remember me for building them homes and roads and hospitals and giving them food.

— Imelda Marcos Contemporary

3000 pairs of shoes, extravagance

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