Imelda Marcos Quote

It so coincided that Marcos had money. After the Bretton Woods agreement he started buying gold from Fort Knox. Three thousand tons, then 4,000 tons. I have documents for these: 7,000 tons. Marcos was so smart. He had it all. It's funny; America didn't understand him.

Quoted in "Queen of the Quirky, Imelda Marcos Holds Court" at the New York Times (4 March 1996).

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