"It is not I who have been consigned to the bedroom of history..."

"I have indicated also that it is the express wish of the Filipino people that Mr Marcos not return to this country because it will again incite so many of these people against Mr Marcos."

"I am just an ordinary housewife who was called to an extraordinary mission."

"Once again, I must involve myself in what I hoped and prayed to be spared from, after devoting the best years of my life in the service of the country, and at a price that included the highest anyone …"

"The Communist leadership here either misread or misjudged the last election. In effect, they worked against me."