I believe that during these times, we should not forget that many sacrificed to regain our democracy.

I am not an icon of democracy. You are all, collectively, the icon of democracy.

I just do whatever it is that I believe I should do, regardless of the risks to my life.

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.

It's not just in politics that you can be a servant of the people, you can do it in so many other ways.

I was very privileged and really blessed with so many material and spiritual gifts that I should give back, ... I should do something for my people, but ... it's not just in politics that you can be a servant of the people, you can do it in so many other ways.