“I am not stamped by the majority. The herd may go anywhere I will not go with them.”

“You should see my personality on every page of my book, because I am the author. The book reflects the personality of the author. Do you expect my work to reflect the personality of another?”

“There are two kinds of faculty members in the UP. Those who are honored to be in the UP and those who honor the UP. I belong to the last.”

“I do not believe in this command leadership. Dangerous doctrine 'yan ha. Because you cannot know everything your men do.”

“I said that great men had a sense of history. But when you say you have a great sense of history it does not follow that you are great.”

“They know that Marcos will not give in, so why continue? The only thing that [people have to do] is not pay taxes. Wher will the government get money? Nanghihinayang ako sa life na nawala, because I know Marcos will not give in.”

“A biography should be faithful to the truth. I do not believe that a biography of a man should be all praises, it should be both [praise and criticism] because it is not bad to show the human side of a person. You make him human by painting the defects.”