Corazon Aquino
Corazon Aquino
Maria Corazon "Cory" Sumulong Cojuangco-Aquino, popularly known as Cory Aquino, was a Filipino politician who served as the 11th President of the Philippines, the first woman to hold that office and the first female president in Asia. Aquino was the most prominent figure of the 1986 People Power Revolution, which toppled the 20-year authoritarian rule of President Ferdinand E. Marcos and restored democracy to the Philippines. She was named Time magazine's "Woman of the Year" in 1986. Prior to this,...
ProfessionWorld Leader
Date of Birth25 January 1933
CityManila, Philippines
It is good for us to show our support to the congressmen by being out there and marching,
I will repeat what I had said before last year 'step down'.
When you restore democracy, you cannot say that only those who worked for the restoration of democracy will be allowed to use the privileges of a democracy.
Faith is not simply a patience that passively suffers until the storm is past. Rather, it is a spirit that bears things - with resignations, yes, but above all, with blazing, serene hope.
As our country bled . . . its leader's wife came to this podium piously to call for a new human order, this when thousands of Filipinos were political prisoners.
I am not embarrassed to tell you that I believe in miracles.
I believe that during these times, we should not forget that many sacrificed to regain our democracy. We cannot just keep quiet because that is what happened during martial law. Our dictator then believed that he can do anything to keep himself in power.
What is this emergency act all about? Is it another name for martial law?
It's not just in politics that you can be a servant of the people, you can do it in so many other ways.