Cory Aquino motivated ordinary Filipinos to peaks of daring and selflessness at a time when their spirit had almost been broken by a 14-year dictatorship.  While her husband Ninoy Aquino lived, she – as the unassuming but caring housewife – was the stabilizing influence that tempered his dynamic personality.  But after the assassination of Senator Ninoy Aquino in August 1983, she stepped resolutely into his role as political leader of my country’s democratic opposition to an entrenched despotic regime.
Cory Aquino su inciter les Philippins ordinaires à faire preuve d’un courage et d’une abnégation sans précédent à un moment où leur volonté avait été presque brisée par 14 années de dictature. Tant que son mari Ninoy Aquino vivait, elle – en tant qu’épouse modeste, mais attentive – fut l’influence stabilisatrice qui tempérait son caractère dynamique.