"In my life both public and private, I have said words and done deeds that might not have been popular in some circles. On countless occasions, I have seen good people with clear and honest intentions fall prey to the lure of power and the mud of petty politics. It is in the most trying of times that we can truly separate the statesman from the politician."
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20th-century Filipino women politiciansBurials at the Loyola Memorial ParkCandidates in the 1986 Philippine vice-presidential electionCandidates in the 1992 Philippine vice-presidential electionPeople from Tarlac
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Eva Estrada Kalaw
Eva Estrada Kalaw (born Evangelina Reynada Estrada; June 16, 1920 – May 25, 2017) was a Filipina politician who served as a senator in the Senate of the Philippines from 1965 to 1972 during the presidency of Ferdinand Marcos. She was one of the key opposition figures against Marcos' 20-year rule and was instrumental in his downfall during the People Power Revolution in 1986. As a senator, she wrote several laws relating to education in the Philippines, such as the salary standardization for publ
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