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" There are five requirements for an accused to turn state witness. One of the requirements is that the accused does not appear to be the most guilty. "
Miriam Defensor-Santiago
Guilty
Five
Witness
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" Entering politics is a fate worse than death. "
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" The Philippines must ensure that it adopts, as much as possible, an equi-balancing strategy towards both China and America. To push back against Chinese adventurism by deepening Philippine dependence on another power runs counter to the very logic of protecting its national sovereignty. "
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" Numerically, half of our high-ranking government officials should be women, and half should be men. And yet the division between the sexes is highly disproportionate in favour of men. "
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" Since we all know that death is inevitable, I don't really see the difference between dying now and dying a decade later. So if I'm threatened with assassination, I welcome it! "
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" The Philippines will have to once and for all abandon its full-spectrum dependence on America as a guarantor of its national security. "
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" Research shows that when women are empowered as political leaders, countries often experience higher standards of living with positive developments in education, infrastructure, and health care. "
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" I have passed all the physical hardships known to man. "
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" Originally in the United States, there were no laws regulating behavioral advertising. As a result, like in the Philippines, government has relied on industry self-regulation. "
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" I'm not in the habit of going to a psychologist. I psychologize myself. "
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" My style is confrontational: when I see evil, I want to remove it right away. "
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I See
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" I thought you would have to be insane to go into politics. "
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Thought
You
" We are legislators, not public works contractors. People look up to us to make serious laws that could change the lives of a great number of people or could change the way society is run or managed. "
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People
Run
" There is nothing wrong with centralizing the budget in Manila. We are such a small country. "
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Small
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" I want to be known as Terminator 2. "
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" I articulate the deepest need of the Filipino people, which is reform of a corrupt culture. "
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" No one has ever seen God. So, for me, it is acceptable that if you don't understand a thing, just call it God. "
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" I eat death threats for breakfast! "
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" That's the very essence of pork barrelism, when you give a huge lump sum to a person and say, 'Well, tell us what you want it for, but you are free to decide where to spend it on.' "
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Free
Want
" What makes me angry is when people know what is right but have, over the years, attuned themselves to the fact that what they're doing, stealing money from government, is acceptable. "
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Me
Money
" I refuse for any person or organized group to dictate to me what God is. That is really the height of insufferable hubris. I believe in just immediately putting to death or just putting over the cliff people who assume they know about God. "
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" I do not have any strong desire to remain in government. When my task is done, I shall be happy to leave and enhance my love life with my husband. "
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" Barring public demand, any person who pursues the presidency out of personal ambition must be suffering from a basic genetic defect. "
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" Everything in politics is politically motivated, didn't you know? "
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" Obviously, the Philippines or any regional state can never match Chinese defense spending, but we will have to develop minimum deterrence capabilities that allow us to resist and inflict sufficient retaliation if China continues to undermine Philippine territorial integrity. "
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" I don't think so-called high technology matters in death. I think they had high technology before Noah's Ark. And it got lost because that was the first Ice Age. "
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" Although I may not be sweet, I am full of passion. "
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" It is illegal for the budget department to discriminate among senators. "
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