Perception is real, truth is not. I'm not fighting for money and possessions. I'm fighting for something more precious. I pray that as we enter the cyber age -- the Age of Transparency -- the facts and the truth will out.

The Reagans were dear friends for many years, even when he was governor of California. Nancy appreciated a lot of Philippine-made things.

I am my little people's star and slave. When I go out into the barrios, I get dressed because I know my little people want to see a star. Other presidents' wives have gone to the barrios wearing house dresses and slippers. That's not what people want to see. People want someone they can love, someone to set an example.

They've listed my name in the dictionary - 'Imeldific' is used to mean ostentatious extravagance... But the truth will prevail.

They went into my closets looking for skeletons, but thank God all they found were shoes, beautiful shoes.

I was no Marie Antoinette. I was not born to nobility, but I had a human right to nobility.

In the material world, where everything is valued, when you commit yourself to God, beauty and love, it can be mistaken for extravagance.