Imelda Marcos Quotes

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

  Imelda Marcos

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Problems, Slave

• They call me corrupt, frivolous. I am not at all privileged. Maybe the only privileged thing is my face. And corrupt? God! I would not look like this if I am corrupt. Some ugliness would settle down on my system.

  Imelda Marcos

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Corrupt, System, Thing

• We practically own everything in the Philippines.

  Imelda Marcos

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  Tags in Everything, Own

• Win or lose, we go shopping after the election.

  Imelda Marcos

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Election, After

• I have never been a material girl. My father always told me never to love anything that cannot love you back.

  Imelda Marcos

  Topics in Father

  Tags in Dad, Anything

• I really had no great love for shoes. I was a working First Lady; I was always in canvas shoes. I did nurture the shoes industry of the Philippines, and so every time there was a shoe fair, I would receive a pair of shoes as a token of gratitude.

  Imelda Marcos

  Topics in Love

  Tags in Time, Great, Working

• I always say you can never be extravagant with beauty. Beauty is God made real. Beauty is life.

  Imelda Marcos

  Topics in Beauty, God, Life

  Tags in Real

• I beg Osama to stop warring. He is a Muslim, and Islam means peace. Nobody wins in a war… I wish I were tapped in the problem about Iraq. I knew Saddam enough that I could have talked him into surrendering. But it’s too late.

  Imelda Marcos

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in War, Islam, Problem

• The Philippines is a terrible name, coming from Spain. Phillip II was the father of the inquisition, who I believe died of syphilis. It is my great regret that we didn’t change the name of our country.

  Imelda Marcos

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Believe, Change, Great

• 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.

  Imelda Marcos

  Topics in College, Politics

  Tags in Lawyer, Gold

• I will come up with a project that will wipe out poverty in the Philippines in two years. I want to remove the people from economic crisis by using the Marcos wealth. Long after I’m gone, people will remember me for building them homes and roads and hospitals and giving them food.

  Imelda Marcos

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Food, Crisis, Come, Remember

• It is shallow people who think beauty is frivolous or excessive. If you are bringing beauty and god, you are enriching the country. Rice feeds the body, books feed the mind, beauty feeds the soul. It is one thing I can really be proud of and stand tall in the world.

  Imelda Marcos

  Topics in Beauty, God

  Tags in People, Mind, Think

• 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.

  Imelda Marcos

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Real, Understand, Development

• The problem of the world today is the people talk on and on about democracy, freedom, justice. But I don’t give a damn about democracy if I am worried about survival.

  Imelda Marcos

  Topics in Justice

  Tags in Freedom, Today, Problem

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

  Imelda Marcos

  Topics in Beauty, Money

  Tags in Person, Spirit

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

  Imelda Marcos

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Friends, California, Dear

• You know, not even your British Queen is called just Elizabeth – she’s Elizabeth the Second. There’s only one Imelda.

  Imelda Marcos

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Second, British, Queen

• My dreams were always small and puny. All I ever needed was a little house with a little picket fence by the sea. Little did I know that I would live in Malacanang Palace for 20 years and visit all the major palaces of mankind. And then also meet ordinary citizens and the leaders of superpowers.

  Imelda Marcos

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Dreams, Live, Palace, Citizens

• They’ve listed my name in the dictionary – ‘Imeldific’ is used to mean ostentatious extravagance… But the truth will prevail.

  Imelda Marcos

  Topics in Truth

  Tags in Mean, Used

• I love everybody. One of the great things about me is that I have a very positive attitude.

  Imelda Marcos

  Topics in Love, Positive

  Tags in Great

Imelda Marcos (44)

Birth:	2nd July, 1929
Nationality:	Filipino
Profession:	Politician

About

Imelda Marcos was born in Manila, Philippines. She is a Filipino politician. She is the widow of the Filipino dictator Ferdinand Marcos, the 10th president of the Philippines. She served as First Lady from 1965 to 1986 during the presidency of her husband. She remains one of the richest politicians in the Philippines through her collection of clothing, artwork, jewelry, and a thousand pairs of shoes. She was elected four times to the House of Representatives as a congresswoman for Leyte in 1995 and for Ilocos Norte in 2010, 2013 and 2016. She worked as a fashion designer and model.

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