"This is the glory of democracy, that its most solemn moment should be the peaceful transfer of power."
President Corazon Aquino in 1991, her last time to give a State of the Nation Address, promised to step down when her term ends. Her presidency had been marred by coup attempts by "military adventurers who thought that (their) failure to shave qualified them for national leadership."
"Some people don’t like the way I dress. Well I didn’t like...
more "This is the glory of democracy, that its most solemn moment should be the peaceful transfer of power."
President Corazon Aquino in 1991, her last time to give a State of the Nation Address, promised to step down when her term ends. Her presidency had been marred by coup attempts by "military adventurers who thought that (their) failure to shave qualified them for national leadership."
"Some people don’t like the way I dress. Well I didn’t like the way they looked. I am in power and they are out. Surely there is a lesson here to be learned about delusions of self-importance and the realities of power," she said of the coup plotters during her 1991 SONA.
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