I believe that during these times, we should not forget that many sacrificed to regain our democracy. We cannot just keep quiet because that is what happened during martial law. Our dictator then believed that he can do anything to keep himself in power.

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

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

Freedom of expression - in particular, freedom of the press - guarantees popular participation in the decisions and actions of government, and popular participation is the essence of our democracy.

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.

You, the foreign media, have been the companion of my people in its long and painful journey to freedom.

One must be frank to be relevant.