Miriam Defensor-Santiago Zitate – Sprüche auf Englisch mit Übersetzung

Zitat des Tages von Miriam Defensor-Santiago:

That's the very essence of pork barrelism, when you give a huge lump sum to a person and say, 'Well, tell us what you want it for, but you are free to decide where to spend it on.'

I have no one at my side except God and His angels. I pray to God that He will turn my enemies into pillars of salt.

Miriam Defensor-Santiago

Entering politics is a fate worse than death.

Miriam Defensor-Santiago

Sisyphus, you know, had an easy life.

Miriam Defensor-Santiago

Originally in the United States, there were no laws regulating behavioral advertising. As a result, like in the Philippines, government has relied on industry self-regulation.

Miriam Defensor-Santiago

I want to be known as Terminator 2.

Miriam Defensor-Santiago

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-Santiago

That's the very essence of pork barrelism, when you give a huge lump sum to a person and say, 'Well, tell us what you want it for, but you are free to decide where to spend it on.'

Miriam Defensor-Santiago

Experience has shown us that attempts to control the Internet will invariably fail. We should be instructed by the failed efforts of China to regulate political content, the efforts of America to regulate Internet gambling, or the efforts of Australia to regulate certain speech. By its very nature, the Internet will always resist such controls.

Miriam Defensor-Santiago

Barring public demand, any person who pursues the presidency out of personal ambition must be suffering from a basic genetic defect.

Miriam Defensor-Santiago

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-Santiago

There is nothing wrong with centralizing the budget in Manila. We are such a small country.

Miriam Defensor-Santiago

It is illegal for the budget department to discriminate among senators.

Miriam Defensor-Santiago

My father said, 'Aren't you going to do anything to help people? We have a whole rack of relatives who are always breaking the law. At least help your relatives.' And so that's what I did.

Miriam Defensor-Santiago

Although I may not be sweet, I am full of passion.

Miriam Defensor-Santiago

As a factual matter, as in countries all over the world, technology and business practices have been running faster than legal responses and developments.

Miriam Defensor-Santiago

My style is confrontational: when I see evil, I want to remove it right away.

Miriam Defensor-Santiago

Society leaders have urged me to seek the presidency.

Miriam Defensor-Santiago

Energy is always a matter of psychology for every individual.

Miriam Defensor-Santiago

I articulate the deepest need of the Filipino people, which is reform of a corrupt culture.

Miriam Defensor-Santiago

The Dalai Lama has taught me that the best way to live life is to try and avoid desire. Desire is really the basic source of unhappiness.

Miriam Defensor-Santiago

What makes me angry is when people know what is right but have, over the years, attuned themselves to the fact that what they're doing, stealing money from government, is acceptable.

Miriam Defensor-Santiago

I don't think so-called high technology matters in death. I think they had high technology before Noah's Ark. And it got lost because that was the first Ice Age.

Miriam Defensor-Santiago

Sexy is the attraction that is given as an encomium to women or men, or the capacity to attract the attention of the opposite sex because of their physical attributes.

Miriam Defensor-Santiago

There are five requirements for an accused to turn state witness. One of the requirements is that the accused does not appear to be the most guilty.

Miriam Defensor-Santiago

I do not have any strong desire to remain in government. When my task is done, I shall be happy to leave and enhance my love life with my husband.

Miriam Defensor-Santiago