Quotes by Miriam Defensor-Santiago

Miriam Defensor-Santiago was a trailblazing Filipino politician, renowned for her fierce intellect and unwavering commitment to public service. Born on June 15, 1945, in Iloilo City, she rose to prominence as a senator and earned acclaim as a legal scholar, author, and anti-corruption advocate. Santiago's legacy is marked by her passionate defense of democracy, her impactful leadership in various governmental roles, and her inspiring journey as a formidable woman in a male-dominated arena, leaving a lasting imprint on Philippine politics.

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"In effect, the Internet is a global connection of interconnected computers. It has been described as truly a peer-to-peer system with many distributed nodes and no central point of control architecture. -Miriam Defensor"

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"I eat death threats for breakfast! -Miriam Defensor"

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"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. -Miriam Defensor"

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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! -Miriam Defensor"

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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. -Miriam Defensor"

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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. -Miriam Defensor"

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