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

“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.”

“The attitude of a student in history should be do not accept anything until proven otherwise. Doubt everything including your parentage! Including your parentage!”

“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.”

“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?”

“Maraming myths kasi. Maraming nag-teach ng history, they do not really read. They do not know of historical methodology. They do not read books about it.”

“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.”