Ferdinand Marcos cytaty

Ferdinand Edralin Marcos – filipiński polityk i prezydent, a w praktyce dyktator tego kraju w latach 1965-1986. Był mężem Imeldy Marcos. Wikipedia  

✵ 11. Wrzesień 1917 – 28. Wrzesień 1989
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Ferdinand Marcos cytaty

„Wszelkie siłowe próby przedłużenia rządów obecnej władzy niczego by nie zmieniły. Kryzys można rozwiązać jedynie poprzez pokojowe przekazanie władzy, co pozwoli na stworzenie nowego rządu.”

oficjalna deklaracja Białego Domu z dnia 24 lutego 1986
Źródło: Christian Destremau, Marcos na wylocie w: Ostatnie dni dyktatorów, wyd. Znak Horyzont, Kraków 2014, tłum. Anna Maria Nowak, s. 187.

„Zawiodłem się. Ogromnie. Ogromnie.”

opuszczając kraj po utracie władzy w 1986
Źródło: Christian Destremau, Marcos na wylocie w: Ostatnie dni dyktatorów, wyd. Znak Horyzont, Kraków 2014, tłum. Anna Maria Nowak, s. 188.

Ferdinand Marcos: Cytaty po angielsku

“My spirit will rise from the grave and the world shall know that I was right.”

Remark made days before passing in Honolulu (September 1989)
1965

“I claim the right not to incriminate myself.”

At a press conference with government lawyers, Hawaii, when questioned about invoking the 5th amendment repeatedly, 1987
1965

“Of what good is democracy if it is not for the poor?”

"Notes on the New Society of the Philippines" (1973)
1965

“Elect me as your congressman today, I promise you an Ilocano president in 20 years.”

Election speech as candidate for Congress, 1949
1949

“You are repetitious and stupid.”

At a press conference in Hawaii, when asked about secret Swiss bank accounts, 1987
1965

“He was hanging on, looking for a life preserver. He was a desperate man clutching at straws.”

U.S. Senator Paul Laxalt, after his telephone conversation with Marcos, March 1986
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“I think you should cut and cut cleanly. The time has come.”

U.S. Senator Paul Laxalt, in telephone conversation with Marcos just before his downfall, March 1986
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“The Philippines is a nation of 40 million cowards and one son of a bitch.”

by unnamed ranking cabinet member of the Reagan administration, 1982. (attributed to Secretary of State George Shultz)
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“We love your adherence to democratic principles and to democratic processes.”

Vice President George Bush addressing Marcos, on his visit to Manila, 1981
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