Quotes By Imelda Marcos

I have a different way of thinking. I think synergistically. I'm not linear in thinking, I'm not very logical.

I beg Osama to stop warring. He is a Muslim, and Islam means peace. Nobody wins in a war... I wish I were tapped in the problem about Iraq. I knew Saddam enough that I could have talked him into surrendering. But it's too late.

The Reagans were dear friends for many years, even when he was governor of California. Nancy appreciated a lot of Philippine-made things.

Life is not a matter of place, things or comfort; rather, it concerns the basic human rights of family, country, justice and human dignity.

Filipinos don't wallow in what is miserable and ugly. They recycle the bad into things of beauty.

I hate ugliness. You know I'm allergic to ugliness.

It's the rich you can terrorize. The poor have nothing to lose.

Ferdinand was a gold trader. He was a lawyer for mining companies. When he entered politics in l949, he had tons and tons of gold. When Bill Gates was a college dropout, Ferdinand already possessed billions of dollars and tons of gold. It wasn't stolen.

I love everybody. One of the great things about me is that I have a very positive attitude.

The Philippines is a terrible name, coming from Spain. Phillip II was the father of the inquisition, who I believe died of syphilis. It is my great regret that we didn't change the name of our country.

The problem of the world today is the people talk on and on about democracy, freedom, justice. But I don't give a damn about democracy if I am worried about survival.

They went into my closets looking for skeletons, but thank God, all they found were shoes, beautiful shoes.

I get so tired listening to one million dollars here, one million dollars there, it's so petty.

You know, not even your British Queen is called just Elizabeth - she's Elizabeth the Second. There's only one Imelda.

I will come up with a project that will wipe out poverty in the Philippines in two years. I want to remove the people from economic crisis by using the Marcos wealth. Long after I'm gone, people will remember me for building them homes and roads and hospitals and giving them food.

Filipinos want beauty. I have to look beautiful so that the poor Filipinos will have a star to look at from their slums.

Continuous persecution of widows and orphans is a crime. Even the Bible says there is a specific place in hell for those who oppress widows.

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.

When they see me holding fish, they can see that I am comfortable with kings as well as with paupers.

Doesn't the fight for survival also justify swindle and theft? In self defence, anything goes.

We practically own everything in the Philippines.

My dreams were always small and puny. All I ever needed was a little house with a little picket fence by the sea. Little did I know that I would live in Malacanang Palace for 20 years and visit all the major palaces of mankind. And then also meet ordinary citizens and the leaders of superpowers.

It is shallow people who think beauty is frivolous or excessive. If you are bringing beauty and god, you are enriching the country. Rice feeds the body, books feed the mind, beauty feeds the soul. It is one thing I can really be proud of and stand tall in the world.

My husband does not like me to give interviews because I say too much. No talk, no trouble.

The problems with First Ladies is that you have to set the standard. My role is to be both star and slave.

I did not have three thousand pairs of shoes, I had one thousand and sixty.

People say I'm extravagant because I want to be surrounded by beauty. But tell me, who wants to be surrounded by garbage?

I am First Lady by accident. I was not elected by the people but here I am.

Win or lose, we go shopping after the election.

They've listed my name in the dictionary - 'Imeldific' is used to mean ostentatious extravagance... But the truth will prevail.