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 don't have any formula for ousting a dictator or building democracy. All I can suggest is to forget about yourself and just think of your people. It's always the people who make things happen.

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.

One must be frank to be relevant.

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

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.