Ferdinand Marcos

Name: First Inaugural Address
Author: Ferdinand Marcos

First Inaugural Address (1969)

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“First Inaugural Address”, published in 1969, is a work by Ferdinand Marcos. It explores elements such as decade, Asia and discipline.

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Ferdinand Marcos, First Inaugural Address (1969)

“ For discipline is the other face of achievement.
But I hear the strident cries of protest against self-discipline from the gilded throats of the privileged and the cynically articulate— they who have yet to encounter the implacable face of poverty. I hear the well-meaning cries of the uninformed and the naive. To them I address this plea. Let them share the burden with the grace and courage of the poor. Let them find common cause with the people. Too long have we blamed on one another the ills of this nation. ”

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Ferdinand Marcos, First Inaugural Address (1969)

“ I lead this nation into a new decade, the decade of the seventies— a decade that is one of the most crucial in our history as well as in the history of Asia and of the world.
The world seeks to know whether man is indeed impelled by some strange instinct to self-destruction or whether its sciences on the relationships of men can catch up or overreach its natural sciences. ”

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Ferdinand Marcos, First Inaugural Address (1969)

“ In government I pledge the severest leadership in integrity as well as discipline. Public officials shall set the vision for simplicity within the bounds of civility. I ask in turn a response from the privileged. Let us be true to ourselves as the people of a poor nation struggling to be prosperous; whatever our personal circumstances, rich or poor, we are all citizens in poverty. ”

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Ferdinand Marcos, First Inaugural Address (1969)

“ There are many things we do not want about our world. Let us not just mourn them. Let us change them. ”

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Ferdinand Marcos, First Inaugural Address (1969)

“ For in the years of this difficult decade, Asia must decide whether in this vast region of one of the greatest of the world's peoples, it will build a sanctuary, or set up a continental prison.
Decision cannot much longer be delayed.
In our own land, we have just begun building a nation. We have had to telescope in four years what other nations achieved in decades.
There is a mortgage of dedication, of discipline, of self-abnegating leadership in the billowing fields of green sprung from miracle rice; on every road or bridge ”

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Ferdinand Marcos, First Inaugural Address (1969)

“ Truly them the decade of the seventies cannot be for the faint of heart and men of little faith. It is not for the whiners nor for the timid. It demands men and women of purpose and dedication. It will require new national habits, nothing less than a new social and official morality. Our society must chastise the profligate rich who waste the nation's substance— including its foreign exchange reserves on personal comforts and luxuries.
The nation's capacity for growth is limited by its foreign exchange earnings. ”

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Ferdinand Marcos, First Inaugural Address (1969)

“ Every dollar spent on self-indulgence is a dollar taken away from employment, from welfare, from education— from the nations social and economic well-being.
The presidency will set the example of this official morality and oblige others to follow. Any act of extravagance in government will be considered not only an offense to good morals but also an act punishable with dismissal from office. ”

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Ferdinand Marcos, First Inaugural Address (1969)

“ In this formidable task, no Filipino, no one in the land will be exempt whatever his station in life.
Neither wealth nor power will purchase privilege; wealth and power shall not outrage the conscience of our people. ”

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Ferdinand Marcos, First Inaugural Address (1969)

“ We must discard complacency embracing panic; rely on our efforts alone without rejecting the support of others.
Let not the future observe that being virile in body we multiplied in number, without increasing in spirit. ”

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Ferdinand Marcos, First Inaugural Address (1969)

“ There are too many of us who see things as they are and complain. let us rather see things as they should be and inspire. Let us dream the vision of what could be and not what might have been,
There are many things we do not want about our world. ”

Ferdinand Marcos

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