"Spanish accounts record that Filipinos would often sing while working, as was their custom. These songs were not written down because the Spanish friars considered them obscene." - The Philippines: A Global Studies Handbook


"Cemeteries have voted in the Philippines since elections were first held...

In those early years, Marcos was often compared to Lee Kuan Yew of Singapore. If he violated human rights, his dictatorship was excused as not as brutal as some others. Many Filipinos in the business community embraced constitutional authoritarianism, willing to trade liberty, especially other people's, for economic development. But it also became obvious that martial law was a vehicle for Marcos's personal aggrandizement."

- The Philippines, a Singular and Plural Place