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Former President of the Philippines

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“You, the foreign media, have been the companion of my people in its long and painful journey to freedom.”

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Book:Democracy by the Ways of Democracy: Speeches of President Corazon C. Aquino, Official Visit to the United States of America September 15-24, 1986
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“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.”

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Book:Democracy by the Ways of Democracy: Speeches of President Corazon C. Aquino, Official Visit to the United States of America September 15-24, 1986
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“My biggest disappointment was, of course, the coup attempts, ... The economy was proceeding very well, but in 1989 we had the most serious coup attempt and ... many of the investors who were set to come here had to tell me that they chose to go to other countries because of the uncertainty brought about by (the coup attempt.) If that had not happened, I'm sure our economy would just be booming today.”

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Author:Corazon Aquino
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“You have spent many lives and much treasure to bring freedom to many lands that were reluctant to receive it. And here you have a people who won it by themselves and need only the help to preserve it.”

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Book:Democracy by the Ways of Democracy: Speeches of President Corazon C. Aquino, Official Visit to the United States of America September 15-24, 1986
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