Quotes from Imelda Marcos

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

Win or lose, we go shopping after the election.

President Marcos was investing in precious metals long before he entered politics.

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

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

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

If you know how rich you are, you are not rich. But me, I am not aware of the extent of my wealth. That's how rich we are.

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

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.

We practically own everything in the Philippines.

The Philippines is where Asia wears a smile. Beautiful products can only be made by happy people.

I'm like Robin Hood. I rob the rich to make these projects come alive... not really rob. It's done with a smile.

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

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

Beauty is not extravagance; beauty is life.

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

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 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.