Ferdinand Marcos Quotes

With fear of stating the obvious: Freedom belongs to 'We the People,' not 'They the Politicians.'

In democracies the people seem to act as they please.

Unfettered discretion [in obtaining information could] alter the relationship between citizen and government in a way that is inimical to democratic society.

Our Constitution gave us rights as citizens of a free democratic nation, but also placed on us the responsibility to always adhere to the central tenets of our democracy - justice, liberty, equality and fraternity.

Our democracy is predicated on the belief that our government should be accessible by the people. We cannot allow ourselves to give in to fear or shy away from interacting with the public.

I do not subscribe to the doctrine that the people are the slaves and property of their government. I believe that government is for the use of the people, and not the people for the use of the government.

Democracy must learn to defend itself.

There is too much government today. We've got to remember the government should be by the people, of the people, and for the people.

I have a lot of respect for countries where the practice of democracy is highly developed. I think, however, that each country has to have its own specific features of democracy.

There is a power in public opinion in this country - and I thank God for it: for it is the most honest and best of all powers - which will not tolerate an incompetent or unworthy man to hold in his weak or wicked hands the lives and fortunes of his fellow-citizens.

As long as our government is administered for the good of the people, and is regulated by their will; as long as it secures to us the rights of persons and of property, liberty of conscience and of the press, it will be worth defending.

We have accepted the principle of democracy and we are committed to respect the popular verdict and the result of that national consultation.

I personally believe that those who are leaders with political power over the world will be forced some day, sooner or later, to give way to common sense and the will of the people.

Bring it on. Dissent is central to any democracy.

This is a country for, of, and by the people not for, of, and by the government. If we turn it over to them we cannot complain about what they're doing because this is a natural course of men and we have to hold their feet to the fire.

We believe that this is not right for a democracy to make revolutions the beacon of promoting democracy.

Power in politics, sovereignty in America is with we the people, and that is the path to turning this country around: empowering the people.

Democracy is about voting and it's about a majority vote. And it's time that we started exercising the Democratic process.

What if democracy does not serve liberty? This question is seldom asked in the West, where democracy is often seen as synonymous with liberalism.

While democracy must have its organization and controls, its vital breath is individual liberty.

Whenever the people are well-informed, they can be trusted with their own government.

Anybody who asks for democracy to be introduced should respect the results of democracy.

To me, I was right from the beginning, because it's my right as an American to speak up and question our president, have my point of view, have my opinion, question what I want to question, and say what I want to say about our government.

We're a nation of laws, but the good thing about America, is that laws reside in the people and people can change the laws.

My message is that Democracy is not an alien invention. It is a way of solving problems in our society.