Quotes By Imelda Marcos

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

We practically own everything in the Philippines.

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

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

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?

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

Win or lose, we go shopping after the election.

God is love. I have loved. Therefore, I will go to heaven.

If you know how much you've got, you probably haven't got much.

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.

My dreams have become puny with the reality my life has become.

The only rich person is a person who is rich in spirit. I have no money deposit. I have only beauty deposit.

They call me corrupt, frivolous. I am not at all privileged. Maybe the only privileged thing is my face. And corrupt? God! I would not look like this if I am corrupt. Some ugliness would settle down on my system.

I hardly can sleep. I feel that my target now is really to save Mother Earth for humanity. And it's doable.

I was no Marie Antoinette. I was not born to nobility, but I had a human right to nobility.

I have never been a material girl. My father always told me never to love anything that cannot love you back.