September 21 1972, Ferdinand Marcos, Former President of the Republic of the Philippines signed Proclamation No. 1081, placing the entire country under Martial Law.
" . . . For the sake of our country, we have to hope that a safe passage is possible. I am confident that a peaceful political solution still is possible. I base my confidence principally on four factors: first, the capacity of opposition parties to unite; second, the electoral militancy of the awakened Filipino; third, the moral leadership of the Church; fourth, the reform movement in the military."
Corazon C. Aquino
Opposition Leader
(from a paper read on October 1, 1985)
