Get QuoteDark Inspirational Quotes App

" A president must be on the job 24/7, ready for any contingency, any crisis, anywhere, anytime. "

Gloria Macapagal Arroyo

Related Quotes:

" In 1995, we had evidence of the brother-in-law of Osama bin Laden being in the Philippines, living in the Philippines. We had evidence of front organizations set up in the Philippines. And we uncovered evidence about, which would help the U.S. with - about the perpetuators of the World Trade Center bombing. "

Gloria Macapagal Arroyo

" By and large, our political system has betrayed its promise to each new generation of Filipinos, not a few of whom are voting with their feet, going abroad and leaving that system behind. "

Gloria Macapagal Arroyo

" I believe that the war against terrorism and the war against poverty in these times of turmoil go together. So you - when you fight one, you have to fight the other. "

Gloria Macapagal Arroyo

" It's never right to fight terror with terror. "

Gloria Macapagal Arroyo

" I ask the educational system, the parents, the church, and pillars of the community to help shape a new culture of honesty, patriotism, respect, discipline and service for young Filipinos. "

Gloria Macapagal Arroyo

" We must weed out corruption and build a strong system of justice that the people can trust. "

Gloria Macapagal Arroyo

" I sow; my successor reaps. This is the majesty of democracy. "

Gloria Macapagal Arroyo

" You have 60 countries in the world with a terrorist problem. That's two-thirds of the world. We have this group in Basilan, which is a small island in the far south of the Philippines, and the island itself has a population of - what? - 300,000. "

Gloria Macapagal Arroyo

" We have the hardest working people in the world, the most adaptable and the most congenial to employ. "

Gloria Macapagal Arroyo

" We may disagree among ourselves, but let us never lose sight of that greater battle for one people, one country, one Philippines. "

Gloria Macapagal Arroyo

" I can't do everything alone. I need all Filipinos to unify. "

Gloria Macapagal Arroyo

" I want ordinary people to enjoy a decent standard of living, with ever increasing security, comfort and joy. "

Gloria Macapagal Arroyo

" We've supported the U.S. every step of the way. The Philippines was the first government in Asia after September 11, in fact, the night of September 11; it was nighttime for us then. It was daytime here. We were the first government in Asia to come out and say that we're supporting the U.S. "

Gloria Macapagal Arroyo

" We have our own home-grown terrorism, and to the extent that we can obliterate terrorism all over the world, then our own terrorism will be much easier to neutralize. "

Gloria Macapagal Arroyo

" Now I ask you to make your sacrifice. Take a gamble. I took the plunge and I'm glad of it. "

Gloria Macapagal Arroyo

" It is the civilian part of the politics that is very, very bad, and we have to change that. "

Gloria Macapagal Arroyo

" The Philippines was with the U.S. in the Second World War, in the Korean War, in the Vietnam War, and now in the war against terrorism. "

Gloria Macapagal Arroyo

" On the economy, the U.S. cumulatively is our most important investor, most important trading partner, most important sort of tourists, and we have now a tie that will... a link that will be here for many, many years to come, and that is the big Philippine-American community in the United States - three million of them. "

Gloria Macapagal Arroyo

" Individually, we've taken the world on and won; together, we must take on the challenge of creating a new, peaceful, humane and competitive nation and prevail. "

Gloria Macapagal Arroyo

" I will not stand idly when anyone gets in the way of the national interest and tries to block the national vision. From where I sit, I can tell you, a president is always as strong as she wants to be. "

Gloria Macapagal Arroyo

" In the harshest possible terms, I condemn political killings. "

Gloria Macapagal Arroyo

" We must promote solid traits such as work ethics, a dignified lifestyle, matching actions to rhetoric, performance rather than grandstanding. "

Gloria Macapagal Arroyo

" Our political system needs changing. It needs to move away from personalities and patronage to a system of party programs and consultation with the people. "

Gloria Macapagal Arroyo

" In a global arena, what our businessmen need in order to be competitive is transparency and a level playing-field. "

Gloria Macapagal Arroyo

" We fight terrorism. It threatens our sovereign, democratic, compassionate and decent way of life. "

Gloria Macapagal Arroyo

" I was at Ground Zero, and it was, to me, such a graphic illustration of what terrorism has done to our world. "

Gloria Macapagal Arroyo

" I am falsely accused, without proof, of using my position for personal profit. Many who accuse me have lifestyles and spending habits that make them walking proofs of that crime. "

Gloria Macapagal Arroyo

" For those who want to pick up old fights, we're game, but what a waste of time. Why not join hands instead? Join hands in the biggest challenge of all, where we all win, or we all lose: the battle for the survival and progress of our one and only country. "

Gloria Macapagal Arroyo

" We look at the world and analyze the world, and see what we can do that is in line of our mutual interest and also in line with, you know, what the whole world needs, because this is a world where we really have to all work together. "

Gloria Macapagal Arroyo

" There isn't a day I do not work at my job, or a waking moment when I do not think through a work-related problem. Even my critics cannot begrudge the long hours I put in. Our people deserve a government that works just as hard as they do. "

Gloria Macapagal Arroyo