Handbags, I don't at all like them because they occupy my hands. My hands always have to be ready in case I need to slap somebody.

- Miriam Defensor Santiago

A true teacher does not terrorize ignorant students, because a true teacher knows that it is his job to cure ignorance.

- Miriam Defensor Santiago

I eat death threats for breakfast!

- Miriam Defensor Santiago

I will jump headfirst from a helicopter in Luneta if Estrada gets removed from power.

- Miriam Defensor Santiago

I shall be honored to go to jail. Under a dictatorship, the detention cell is a place of honor.

- Miriam Defensor Santiago

When someone told me, 'Ang ganda mo' I answered 'Sana ikaw rin.'

- Miriam Defensor Santiago