AQUINO'S SPEECH

Philippine freedom

Corazon Aquino returned to America in 1986 as the President of a free people, having left three years prior to bury her husband, Ninoy Aquino. What was Ninoy's "restless dream"?

By a brave and selfless act of giving honour

According to Corazon Aquino, how did the nation recover its honour after Ninoy's burial?

Fourteen years

How long before Corazon Aquino's speech did the President-turned-dictator suspend the Constitution and shut down Congress?

Stripping him naked and threatening midnight execution

What was one of the methods the government used to try and break Ninoy Aquino during his detention?

He realised the government would keep his body alive after his brain was destroyed.

Why did Ninoy Aquino end his 40-day fast?

Over two million

Corazon Aquino states that her husband's death was her country's resurrection. How many people escorted Ninoy to his grave?

The 1984 election

Which election did Corazon Aquino participate in, despite knowing it would be rigged?

The election of Mrs. Corazon Aquino as President and Mr. Salvador Laurel as Vice President

What did the US Observer Team's Co-Chairman report as the ultimate result of the "extraordinary manifestation of democracy" by the Filipino people?

Peacefully, as it was assumed

How did Corazon Aquino state she would keep the power she assumed peacefully?

More than 16,000

What was the approximate size of the communist insurgency when Corazon Aquino's predecessor fled, compared to less than 500 when he took power?

If insurgent leadership spurned her offer of peace and threatened new freedom.

Corazon Aquino stated that she would explore the path of peace to the utmost. For what reason would she then consider "taking up the sword of war"?

Democracy

What specific aspiration did the Filipino people express to Corazon Aquino during her campaign, even though they clearly needed food, work, and money?

True

Corazon Aquino stated that the dictator who detained her husband was a traitor to his oath.

True

Ninoy Aquino could have made a separate peace with the dictatorship at any time during his ordeal, but he chose not to.

True

Corazon Aquino was warned by lawyers that running in the 1984 election risked legitimizing fraudulent results, but she went ahead for the sake of the people.

FALSE. They broke out in tears but tied themselves to the ballot boxes, demonstrating their commitment

During the snap election, women poll watchers bravely gave up and left their posts when armed goons crashed the polling places.

FALSE. She referred to it as "the cheapest revolution, ever" and highlighted that Filipinos fulfilled the conditions of debt negotiation "With little help from others"

Corazon Aquino stated that the revolution that brought her to power was costly, requiring significant international aid.

True

Corazon Aquino intends to restore full constitutional government, including a new Constitution that gives full respect to the Bill of Rights.

True

Corazon Aquino mentioned that half of the Philippines' export earnings, $2 billion out of $4 billion, must go to pay just the interest on their foreign debt.

FALSE. Aquino stated, "He failed to say how it shall be won"7. The source further clarifies that the distinction between "how defended" and "how won" is conceptually abrogated under the rhetoric of "determination and faith"

Archibald MacLeish's quote, as cited by Corazon Aquino, explicitly detailed how democracy "shall be won".