Philippines Quotes - Page 5

• Most of leaders in Philippine politics come from rich family.

  Manny Pacquiao

  Leader, Rich Family, Rich

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• The big nest was in Afghanistan, thats not quite cleared, then there are nests in the Philippines, there are nests in Indonesia, the Malaysians are clearing up their nests.

  Lee Kuan Yew

  Nests, Indonesia, Bigs

  CNN Interview, www.cnn.com. February 12, 2002.

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• You’re talking about Rwanda or Bangladesh, or Cambodia, or the Philippines. They’ve got democracy, according to Freedom House. But have you got a civilised life to lead? People want economic development first and foremost. The leaders may talk something else. You take a poll of any people. What is it they want? The right to write an editorial as you like? They want homes, medicine, jobs, schools.

  Lee Kuan Yew

  Jobs, School, Home

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• Japan will not abandon the fight for the Philippines even if Tokyo should be reduced to ashes!

  Iwane Matsui

  Fighting, Japan, Ashes

  "Nips to Keep Philippines Even if Tokyo Falls". Los Angeles Times, February 4, 1945.

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• The Battle for the Philippines was the greatest naval battle in history, judged in terms of the number of ships taking part, the number of ships sunk, and the importance of its outcome. It included every form of naval warfare of the 20th century: gunnery duels between battleships; destroyer battles at night and by day, as ferocious and sustained as any at the Battle of Jutland; submarines that stalked the depths; sinking many ships; and finally, carrier warfare on a scale never dreamed of even by the most ardent enthusiasts of air warfare at sea.

  Richard Hough

  Night, Naval Warfare, Numbers

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• And, of course, in the Philippines there were so many thousands of Americans that were captured by the Japanese and held and who were rescued by Filipino Americans, or Filipinos I should say, and by U.S. troops near the close of the war.

  Dana Rohrabacher

  War, Troops, Should

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• The Philippines are ours forever. We will not repudiate our duty in the archipelago. We will not abandon our opportunity in the Orient. We will not renounce our part in the mission of our race, trustee, under God, of the civilization of the world. He has marked the American people as His chosen nation to finally lead in the regeneration of the world. This is the divine mission of America.

  Albert J. Beveridge

  Opportunity, America, Race

  Maiden speech in the Senate. "Congressional Record", Senate, 56th Congress, 1st session, pp. 704-712, en.wikisource.org. January 09, 1900.

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• SM Seaside City Cebu: soon to be the Philippines' Largest Mall and the 4th Largest in the World

  Henry Sy

  Cities, Sms, World

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• Where countries have been able to carry through on their reform commitments - as in Korea, Thailand and the Philippines - results are starting to come in the form of lower interest rates, new investment and increased growth.

  Lawrence Summers

  Country, Commitment, Korea

  "Clinton's Capitulation on China". The Washington Post, April 12, 1999.

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• On the economy, the U.S. cumulatively is our most important investor, most important trading partner, most important sort of tourists, and we have now a tie that will... a link that will be here for many, many years to come, and that is the big Philippine-American community in the United States - three million of them.

  Gloria Macapagal Arroyo

  Years, Ties, Community

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• When you're on MTV Asia, you're like royalty. When you walk down the streets of the Philippines or Indonesia, everyone wants to try to touch you.

  Kerri Kasem

  Mtv, Trying, Want

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• America has always been the richest and most secure, and sometimes the most dangerous country in the world. In the early years, the danger was to everybody near us, slaves, Native Americans, Mexicans. It finally expanded in 1898 to the Caribbean, Cuba, Puerto Rico, Hawaii, and the Philippines.

  Noam Chomsky

  Country, Native American, Years

  Source: www.commonwealmagazine.org

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• Modeling is more fun in the Philippines

  Sophie Sumner

  Fun, Modeling

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• When the kids see the poverty in their neighborhood, but they see these successful kids who come from the countries they come from, come from Mexico, come from Korea, come from the Philippines, come from Salvador, and were doing really well, it motivates them to do better. The former students give them a vision of what's possible.

  Rafe Esquith

  Country, Kids, Successful

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• It is now, more than ever, necessary that political leaders be outstanding for honesty, integrity and commitment to the common good.

  Pope Francis

  Honesty, Integrity, Commitment

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• I knew my affection for the Philippines was equally as telling: a democracy on paper, apparently well ordered, regularly subverted by irrational chaos. A place where I'd felt instantly at home.

  Alex Garland

  Home, Democracy, Paper

  Alex Garland (2005). “The Beach”, p.155, Penguin

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• The most adventurous thing I've done is learn how to fly a helicopter in the Philippines. One night we landed on a beach and slept on it.

  Francis Ford Coppola

  Beach, Night, Done

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• Please pray with me for everyone in Sri Lanka and the Philippines as I begin my trip.

  Pope Francis

  Sri Lanka, Praying, Please

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• I want the people of the Philippines to be happy, even if they have nothing.

  Manny Pacquiao

  People, Want, Ifs

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• And don't worry, if I get thrown in jail in Manila, Beyonce will just bail me out. Sold out night 2 in the Philippines. I love it here!

  Lady Gaga

  Night, Jail, Worry

  Lady Gaga ‏ Verified account Lady Gaga @ladygaga, twitter.com. May 22, 2012.

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• This country is a nation of thieves. It stole everything it has, beginning with black people. The U.S. cannot justify its existence as the policeman of the world any longer. I do not want to be a part of the American pie. The American pie means raping South Africa, beating Vietnam, beating South America, raping the Philippines, raping every country you’ve been in. I don’t want any of your blood money. I don’t want to be part of that system. We must question whether or not we want this country to continue being the wealthiest country in the world at the price of raping everybody else.

  Stokely Carmichael

  Country, Mean, Blood

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• I really had no great love for shoes. I was a working First Lady; I was always in canvas shoes. I did nurture the shoes industry of the Philippines, and so every time there was a shoe fair, I would receive a pair of shoes as a token of gratitude.

  Imelda Marcos

  Gratitude, Shoes, Great Love

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• The Marcos era was the golden time for the Philippines. We had the lowest crime rate in the world in Manila and real development then. At last, people are starting to understand this.

  Imelda Marcos

  Real, People, Lasts

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I have returned. By the grace of Almighty God, our forces stand again on Philippine soil.

  Douglas MacArthur

  War, Grace, Soil

  Broadcast to Filipino people, 21 Oct. 1944

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• The Philippines bear witness to the youthfulness and vitality of the Church.

  Pope Francis

  Church, Vitality, Bears

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