Imelda on the Philosophy of Beauty

Truly a beautyful mynd!

Principle of Deniability - Always Attribute What You Say to Others

"And my scientists tell me that these forces are so powerful that we can use them to protect you, our American friends, against Soviet missiles." -- on the hole in the sky where cosmic forces supposedly enter the Philippines, during a lecture to 20 American scientists in January 1982, cited in Raymond Bonner's Waltzing with a Dictator

Note how she emphasized the point "And my scientists tell me..." If challenged, it can always be attributed to her scientists!

"I am beyond logic and rationality."

"How can I stop what I'm doing? It becomes a resource not only to a president and a husband but a resource of principles and commitment. A resource for humanity. This is perhaps what makes me so controversial. I am beyond logic and rationality." -- cited in Beatriz Romualdez Francia's Imelda: A Story of the Philippines

Imelda Meets Paul VI

"God is love. I have loved. Therefore, I will go to heaven." - to Pope Paul VI, who responded, "Oh, how wonderful, how childlike."

In photo above (l-r) Imee, Irene, Paul VI, Imelda, and Bongbong.

Imelda at the United Nations General Assembly in 1977

Imelda Marcos Speaks At UN

Imelda Marcos addresses the U.N. General Assembly, suggesting that the Assembly convene next in Manila. 1977.

The Philippines is the Geographic and Geopolitical Center of the World

"This is the Philippines... This is China, this is Russia... This is the east, the west. And the equator. As anyone could see, the Philippines was right at the center of the globe. I'm surprised nobody saw this. As Chairman Mao said, you can change ideologies anytime, but you can never change geography. Geopolitics! This is what will make the Philippines great and beautiful again."

                               

  -- explaining her "masterplan for the country" by drawing a map of the world, quoted in Today, April 1998

It is so obvious and staring us all in the face that we failed to see it! We need an Imelda to point us to the true, the good, and the beautiful. God, as Imelda says, is truth and beauty made real.

Imelda Let Her Hair Down...once in a while, if you know what I mean

Imelda Marcos, the eternally coiffured former First Lady of the Philippines, in a rare image with her hair down.

This is the only photo of Imelda I've seen without her hair in an elaborate coiffure. This image could be from the second half of the '70's, before the 1979 Iranian Revolution that sparked a worldwide oil crisis and when the Marcoses' rule was at its apogee. It was a time when the Philippines was at the forefront of development financed by cheap petrodollars from the first oil price shock of the early '70's, with all opposition to their rule silenced, exiled or coopted - Imelda would have felt secure enough to let her hair down.