The Philippines is in a strategic position. It is both East and West, right and left, rich and poor. We are neither here nor there. - Imelda Marcos

I was born ostentatious. They will list my name in the dictionary someday. They will use Imeldific to mean ostentatious extravagance.

Thank God I never lost that childlike innocence and the purity of vision and naivete. …That childlike innocence was most useful, because if I was a bit wiser, I wouldn't have been able to do anything, perhaps. So I'm glad I was not smart.

We never had such a violation of human rights. In fact, we have had no human rights case here in the Philippines, even to this day.