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When authoritarianism is no longer necessary to protect the welfare of the people, I will be the first to move for its dismantling. But the easy, cas… - Ferdinand Marcos
" "When authoritarianism is no longer necessary to protect the welfare of the people, I will be the first to move for its dismantling. But the easy, casual wave of the hand dismissing the dangers that confront the worsening world situation and us is not for me. It is for those who insist that I dismantle martial law against my best judgment but, legally and morally, cannot be held liable for any Kampuchean-like tragedy that would be fall our people if I followed their advice. But I would be liable. I would be called all kinds of names. I would be called stupid, naïve and obstinate. History and our people would hold me accountable not only perhaps for lack of wisdom, but for lack of courage if I followed such advice.
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About Ferdinand Marcos
Ferdinand Edralin Marcos (September 11, 1917 – September 28, 1989) was President of the Philippines from 1965 to 1986.
Also Known As
Native Name:
Ferdinand Emmanuel Edralin Marcos
Alternative Names:
Apo Lakay
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Ferdinand E. E. Marcos
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Ferdinand Marcos Sr.
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Mcoy
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Ferdinand E Marcos
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Ferdinand Edralin Marcos
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Ferdinand Emmanuel Edralín Marcos
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I have listened to you, to our people. I have heard your doubts, your anxieties, nay, outright opposition to the lifting of Martial Law. And I have prayed to the Almighty for guidance. And it is after deliberate, sober judgment and soul-searching that I come before you and say, it is now time to terminate martial law.
The Filipino, it seems, has lost his soul, his dignity, and his courage. We have come upon a phase of our history when ideals are only a veneer for greed and power, (in public and private affairs) when devotion to duty and dedication to a public trust are to be weighted at all times against private advantages and personal gain, and when loyalties can be traded…Our government is in the iron grip of venality, its treasury is barren, its resources are wasted, its civil service is slothful and indifferent, its armed forces demoralized and its councils sterile. We are in crisis. You know that the government treasury is empty. Only by severe self-denial will there be hope for recovery within the next year…This nation can be great again. This I have said over and over. It is my articles of faith, and Divine Providence has willed that you and I can now translate this faith into deeds.
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