“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.”

“We always depend on the government to do this and that for us. No government can do that. Always it is with the cooperation of the people. The people must cooperate with the government. The government will think of ways to improve the welfare of the people, but the people will have to help themselves.”

“Halimbawa ako, you are discussing two sides of a question and your sympathy lies with one. Sabi ko, makikita mo ang bias is towards the other, pero sa akin it's alright. Ang masama ang hindi mo ibigay yung floor to the other side. In other words, instead of saying objectivity, impartiality ang sabihin because impartiality means that you give the other fellow a chance to be heard, hindi yung hindi mo siya pinagbigyan.”

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

“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.”

“You're not sure that you will have all the documents. That is why the conclusions in history is not final.”

“That is why I'm not in favor of the UP today which is too big, because the standard goes down. The reason is that the bigger a University becomes, the bigger the problems regarding the faculty.”