I do not have 3,000 pairs of shoes, I have 1,060.

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.

I'm like Robin Hood. I rob the rich to make these projects come alive... not really rob. It's done with a smile.

Win or lose, we go shopping after the election.

Filipinos want beauty. I have to look beautiful so that the poor Filipinos will have a star to look at from their slums.

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

Ferdinand was a gold trader. He was a lawyer for mining companies. When he entered politics in l949, he had tons and tons of gold. When Bill Gates was a college dropout, Ferdinand already possessed billions of dollars and tons of gold. It wasn't stolen.