Category: 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

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

“My dreams have become puny with the reality my life has become.”
-Imelda Marcos

“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

“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

“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

“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

“I love everybody. One of the great things about me is that I have a very positive attitude.”
-Imelda Marcos

“When they see me holding fish, they can see that I am comfortable with kings as well as with paupers.”
-Imelda Marcos