Ferdinand Marcos citáty

Ferdinand Marcos bol 10. prezident Filipín . Bol právnikom a členom snemovne reprezentantov a člen senátu . V rokoch 1963 až 1965 bol prezidentom senátu.

Ako prezident sa zaslúžil o rozvoj v oblasti infraštruktúry, pozemkovej reformy, sociálnych a politických reforiem a v medzinárodnej politike. Napriek tomu bola jeho vláda poznačená autoritárstvom, korupciou, despotizmom, nepotizmom, politickými represiami a porušovaním ľudských práv. Ťažil zo značného kultu osobnosti, ktorý bol na Filipínach v čase jeho vlády.

V roku 1983 bola jeho vláda zapojená do vraždy opozičného lídra Benigna Aquina. To spustilo vlnu udalostí, napríklad nečisté prezidentské voľby, ktoré viedli k revolúcii vo februári 1986. Výsledkom revolúcie bolo jeho zvrhnutie a Marcos odišiel do exilu na Havaji. Do úradu prezidenta nastúpila vedúca osobnosť revolúcie, manželka zavraždeného Aquina Corazon Aquinová. Wikipedia  

✵ 11. september 1917 – 28. september 1989
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Ferdinand Marcos: Citáty v angličtine

“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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