Imelda Marcos Quotes

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.

Imelda Marcos



Doesn't the fight for survival also justify swindle and theft? In self defence, anything goes.

Imelda Marcos



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

Imelda Marcos



God is love. I have loved. Therefore, I will go to heaven.

Imelda Marcos



I am First Lady by accident. I was not elected by the people but here I am.

Imelda Marcos



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

Imelda Marcos



I get so tired listening to one million dollars here, one million dollars there, it's so petty.

Imelda Marcos



I hate ugliness. You know I'm allergic to ugliness.

Imelda Marcos



I have a different way of thinking. I think synergistically. I'm not linear in thinking, I'm not very logical.

Imelda Marcos



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

Imelda Marcos



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

Imelda Marcos



If you know how much you've got, you probably haven't got much.

Imelda Marcos



If you know how rich you are, you are not rich. But me, I am not aware of the extent of my wealth. That's how rich we are.

Imelda Marcos



It's the rich you can terrorize. The poor have nothing to lose.

Imelda Marcos



Life is not a matter of place, things or comfort; rather, it concerns the basic human rights of family, country, justice and human dignity.

Imelda Marcos



My dreams have become puny with the reality my life has become.

Imelda Marcos



My husband does not like me to give interviews because I say too much. No talk, no trouble.

Imelda Marcos



Never dress down for the poor. They won't respect you for it. They want their First Lady to look like a million dollars.

Imelda Marcos



People say I'm extravagant because I want to be surrounded by beauty. But tell me, who wants to be surrounded by garbage?

Imelda Marcos



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

Imelda Marcos