Ferdinand Marcos Quotes

I can raise more hell in jail than out.

It's going to take more than a handslap to keep me from fighting for what I believe.

My attitude is, do as much as I can while I'm free. And if I'm arrested I'll still do as much as I can.

Sometimes going to jail is just the price you have to pay for social reform or social change.

I have been arrested time and time again, and my colleagues, too. I cannot guarantee that I'll not be arrested again. But it's not something that weighs on my mind. I'll do what I can while I'm free. If they arrest me again, I'll do what I can while I'm under arrest.

I don't care if I end up in jail or Guantánamo or whatever, kicked out of a plane with two gunshots in the face. I did what I did because I believe it is the right thing to do, and I will continue to do that.

Lighting that torch in Atlanta didn't make me nervous. Standing up to the government - that made me nervous.

To stand up for truth is nothing. For truth, you must sit in jail.

I am a kamikaze gadfly.

I am not afraid of the pen, or the scaffold, or the sword. I will tell the truth wherever I please.

My characters are driven by a passionate desire for justice. They are rebellious and incorruptible.

I was now resolved to do everything in my power to defeat the system.

You give me electric chair. I no afraid of that chair! You're one of capitalists. You is crook man too. Put me in electric chair. I no care!

I should still be in jail.

If you can find the courage, if you have in your heart even the slightest bit of rebellion against injustice, maybe you can channel that and become a leader.

I think a lot of people get in trouble with the law.

A man of courage never needs weapons, but he may need bail.

There really have only ever been a few people in each generation who step out, are willing to put themselves on the line, and risk everything for their beliefs.

I don't worry. I don't doubt. I'm daring. I'm a rebel.

If this be treason, make the most of it!

I had never believed that I would go to jail.

Come on, fire bullets at me. I am prepared to die for the sake of the people.

I can give you nothing but my life. I wish that my last breath might be of use to my fellow citizens and that my head'[after she was guillotined], carried through Paris, might be a signal to rally all the friends of justice …. I have shown you the way. You know your enemies. Arise, march, and strike!

One should never put on one's best trousers to go out to fight for freedom.

We will have no political future if we are not arrested.