The problems with First Ladies is that you have to set the standard. My role is to be both star and slave.

I did not have three thousand pairs of shoes, I had one thousand and sixty.

I have no weakness for shoes. I wear very simple shoes which are pump shoes. It is not one of my weaknesses.

The only rich person is a person who is rich in spirit. I have no money deposit. I have only beauty deposit.

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.

The Marcos era was the golden time for the Philippines. We had the lowest crime rate in the world in Manila and real development then. At last, people are starting to understand this.

Continuous persecution of widows and orphans is a crime. Even the Bible says there is a specific place in hell for those who oppress widows.