“Have patience. All things are difficult before they become easy.”

I am a writer first and a woman after.

It is nothing to die; it is frightful not to live.

I would rather have a government run like hell by Filipinos than a government run like heaven by Americans.

We prefer self-government with danger to servitude in tranquility.

Please use your liberty to promote ours.

A leader who doesn't hesitate before he sends his nation into battle is not fit to be a leader.

I still have twelve battleships.

We must all face the choice between what is right and what is easy.