Imelda Marcos
Imelda Marcos
Imelda Romuáldez Marcosis the widow of the Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos, the 10th president. She served as First Lady from 1965 to 1986 during the dictatorship of her husband. She remains one of the richest politicians in the Philippines through her collection of clothing, artwork, and jewelry, along with money in offshore bank accounts under the pseudonym "Jane Ryan". As a result, she has been called a kleptocrat by her critics who accuse her of plunder...
ProfessionPolitical Wife
Date of Birth2 July 1929
CityManila, Philippines
Imelda Marcos quotes about
In the material world, where everything is valued, when you commit yourself to God, beauty and love, it can be mistaken for extravagance.
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.
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.
They went into my closets looking for skeletons, but thank God, all they found were shoes, beautiful shoes.
My husband does not like me to give interviews because I say too much. No talk, no trouble.
Our opponent [Cory Aquino] does not put on any make up. She does not have her fingernails manicured. You know gays. They are for beauty. Filipinos who like beauty, love and God are for Marcos.
It is terribly important to do certain things, such as wear overembroidered dresses. After all, the mass follows class. Class never follows mass.
Beauty is not extravagance; beauty is life.
My dreams have become puny with the reality my life has become
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.
I have never been a material girl. My father always told me never to love anything that cannot love you back.
I do not have 3,000 pairs of shoes, I have 1,060.
I was no Marie Antoinette. I was not born to nobility, but I had a human right to nobility.
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.