You, the foreign media, have been the companion of my people in its long and painful journey to freedom.
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.
As I came to power peacefully, so shall I keep it.
Keep inviolate an area of light and peace within you.
It's very simple, I just tell my sad story, and people weep.
I would rather die a meaningful death than to live a meaningless life.