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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 public school personnel, the Magna Carta for Private Schools, the Magna Carta for Students, and an act to institute a charter for Barrio High Schools. She was also among the Liberal Party candidates injured during the Plaza Miranda on August 21, 1971.

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  • 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.
    • A Political Journey. Pasig City: Eva Estrada Kalaw and Anvil Publishing. 2008. ISBN 978-9712721137. , p. x
  • There are positions in politics and in life that people of principle must never compromise, no matter how difficult or dangerous these may be.
    • A Political Journey. Pasig City: Eva Estrada Kalaw and Anvil Publishing. 2008. ISBN 978-9712721137. , p. x
  • Being consistently in the opposition has never been an issue for me. For as long as all Filipinos benefit from it, and the greater good of the country demands it, I will say it and do it; let history be my witness. If I were to live my life again, I will live is exactly as I did...I will still do it my way.
    • A Political Journey. Pasig City: Eva Estrada Kalaw and Anvil Publishing. 2008. ISBN 978-9712721137. , p. x
  • Claro M. Recto saw the lack of Philippine nationalism as the reason behind the weak, docile and unassertive policies of our government. This, in turn, resulted in foreign control of the Philippine economy.
    • A Political Journey. Pasig City: Eva Estrada Kalaw and Anvil Publishing. 2008. ISBN 978-9712721137. , p. 38
  • I liked President Garcia's Filipino First Policy. It was a nationalist policy that encouraged our people to inculcate nuch-needed national pride. Indeed, soon after Garcia's election almost all the banks were in the hands of Filipinos.
    • A Political Journey. Pasig City: Eva Estrada Kalaw and Anvil Publishing. 2008. ISBN 978-9712721137. , p. 41
  • I am not a dove nor am I a hawk. I am a Kalaw, a truly Philippine bird.
    • A Political Journey. Pasig City: Eva Estrada Kalaw and Anvil Publishing. 2008. ISBN 978-9712721137. , p. 89
  • All of us victimized by the bombing unanimously held Marcos responsible. But much later, I found our we were wrong in putting all the blame in Marcos. The findings of the military, backed up by a confession made to me by a certain Guevara, proved to me that it was actually the Communist Party operative under orders from Jose Maria Sison who were responsible for that slaughter.
    • A Political Journey. Pasig City: Eva Estrada Kalaw and Anvil Publishing. 2008. ISBN 978-9712721137. , p. 114
  • Freedom in my country today is far from having achieved her goal. The stones of her prison lie at her feet, but her jailers still surround her, bristling with arms that, ironically, democracy's arsenal — America — supplies.
    • A Political Journey. Pasig City: Eva Estrada Kalaw and Anvil Publishing. 2008. ISBN 978-9712721137. , p. 222
  • My struggle today is but my continuing contribution to the faithful struggle of generations of Filipinos who, like your own heroes, laid down their lives, their fortunes and their sacred honor at the altar of freedom. It is also may offering to the future vigilance of generations to come.
    • A Political Journey. Pasig City: Eva Estrada Kalaw and Anvil Publishing. 2008. ISBN 978-9712721137. , p. 222
  • It came as a surprise to us in the opposition that Marcos agreed to hold a snap election in 1986. But it was not a cause for celebration yet. I believed that the snap election was a way by which Marcos could flush out the strategy of the opposition.
    • A Political Journey. Pasig City: Eva Estrada Kalaw and Anvil Publishing. 2008. ISBN 978-9712721137. , p. 225
  • The rest is history. Cory and Doy got what they wanted, not through a snap election but through a People Power Revolution. I was a party to that revolution, if only to have Mr. Marcos removed from power. The intrigues around the halls of Malacañang did not cease. An arrangement was allegedly made between Cory and Doy that after two years of Aquino's presidency, she would yield and transfer power to Doy Laurel. However, this did not happen.
    • A Political Journey. Pasig City: Eva Estrada Kalaw and Anvil Publishing. 2008. ISBN 978-9712721137. , p. 234
  • The results of the election were clearly computerized daya. We were cheated, plain and simple. The cheating was massive, even by Marcos standards.
    • A Political Journey. Pasig City: Eva Estrada Kalaw and Anvil Publishing. 2008. ISBN 978-9712721137. , p. 244
  • Behind the scenes, various factions fought for the spoils and for political and economic control. Many people in power took advantage of the word "revolution." They claimed it as a license to do whatever they wanted in replacing many of the old institutions. But it was not supposed to be a question of destroying the old system. It was a question of growth, especially of the rebuilding that comes after the destruction.
    • A Political Journey. Pasig City: Eva Estrada Kalaw and Anvil Publishing. 2008. ISBN 978-9712721137. , p. 245
  • In my political life, I have seen the good and the bad in every person. The character of a person comes out in the toughest situations. In those situations, the values inculcated in one's youth come out as one's principles and character.
    • A Political Journey. Pasig City: Eva Estrada Kalaw and Anvil Publishing. 2008. ISBN 978-9712721137. , p. 258
  • Nostalgia does lend an aura of perfection to history, but we must remember that perfection lies not behind us, but ahead of us. It is not a territory that we shall one day conquer but rather, a city we must one day build.
    • A Political Journey. Pasig City: Eva Estrada Kalaw and Anvil Publishing. 2008. ISBN 978-9712721137. , p. 260

Quotes about Kalaw

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  • Truly, hers was a life well-lived. And by her choice, it was well-lived in the service of the Filipino people. On behalf of the Senate of the Philippines, I say thank you to Senator Evangeline Estrada-Kalaw for helping build the Senate as an institution of service to the people and a pillar of democracy. She may have been born in a different era, but the values of integrity, respect for the rule of law, and dedicated service to the people that she believed in and practiced remain as relevant as ever. Tita Eva, we are here to continue your causes.
  • Our country wishes to have more of her kind in government – with courage, with fortitude in manning the ramparts against injustice, corruption, violence, greed, and abuse of power.
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