“ Research shows that when women are empowered as political leaders, countries often experience higher standards of living with positive developments in education, infrastructure, and health care. Miriam Defensor Santiago
“ In effect, the Internet is a global connection of interconnected computers. It has been described as truly a peer-to-peer system with many distributed nodes and no central point of control architectur… Miriam Defensor Santiago
“ As a factual matter, as in countries all over the world, technology and business practices have been running faster than legal responses and developments. Miriam Defensor Santiago
“ The Dalai Lama has taught me that the best way to live life is to try and avoid desire. Desire is really the basic source of unhappiness. Miriam Defensor Santiago
“ Since we all know that death is inevitable, I don't really see the difference between dying now and dying a decade later. So if I'm threatened with assassination, I welcome it! Miriam Defensor Santiago
“ What makes me angry is when people know what is right but have, over the years, attuned themselves to the fact that what they're doing, stealing money from government, is acceptable. Miriam Defensor Santiago
“ In my view, leadership is the courage to take risks in defense of a position that is both legal and moral. The politician who tries to become a wise guy by becoming friends to everybody - corrupt or n… Miriam Defensor Santiago
