"A system must be managed. It will not manage itself."

-- W. Edwards Deming

“It is not that power corrupts but that power is a magnet to the corruptible.”
“There are no footprints on the sea and no road-signs, not a single guard-stone or post, and no bends, only paths of light and dark from which to choose, the choice is always a difficult navigation and the storm's wingspan immeasurable as the depths and the horizon, but the sea holds you in its mighty hand your life is a sea-blue tale of love and death.”
“It appears an extraordinary thing to me, that since there is such a diabolical spirit in the depravity of human nature, as persecution for difference of opinion in religious tenets, there never happened to be any inquisition, any auto da fe, any crusade, among the Pagans.”
“Canada used to be...one of our most...most loyal friends, and vice versa. I mean, Canada sent troops to Vietnam. Was Vietnam less containable and more of a threat than Saddam Hussein?”
“I acknowledged that I owed my presidency to People Power. I resolved during my presidency that I would in turn empower the people.”

Source : "Sunday Interview -- Corazon Aquino/ The former president of the Philippines reflects on losing a husband to the cause they believed in, the revolution that later swept her to power and the difficulties of ruling in a democracy". Interview With Benjamin Pimentel, www.sfgate.com. February 18, 1996.
“I have plenty of political views and plenty of social and personal prejudices. I do not, however, value them.”
“Read, learn, work it up, go to the literature. Information is control.”
“Don't underestimate the people. Let them decide.”

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