The nation was awakened by that deafening shot.

It's very simple, I just tell my sad story, and people weep.

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

The media's power is frail. Without the people's support, it can be shut off with the ease of turning a light switch.

I am not embarrassed to tell you that I believe in miracles.

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.

The politicians think that I have not included enough of them; the nonpoliticians think that I have gone back to the old ways; and the mass public groups think I have forgotten them.