“If you know how rich you are, you are not rich. But me, I am not aware of the extent of my wealth. That's how rich we are.”

—  Imelda Marcos

After promising to give $800 million to poor Filipinos if she becomes president, quoted in The Philippine Daily Inquirer (March 1998).

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