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" As I have shown, I will defend democracy with arms when it is threatened by violence; with firmness when it is weakened by division; with law and order when it is subverted by anarchy; and always, I will try to sustain it by wise policies of economic progress so that a democracy means not just an empty liberty, but a full life for all. "

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" 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

Much

Will

Own

" 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

Respect

Honesty

Service

" I know the pain of having to deal with terrorism. And that's why, after 9-11, I was one of the first to join the international coalition to fight terrorism. "

Gloria Macapagal Arroyo

Pain

Fight

First

" In all the things I've gone through as a politician, I have seen that in this system it is really very difficult to make any headway without being somehow tainted. And let me say, 'Let him who is without sin cast the first stone.' "

Gloria Macapagal Arroyo

Say

Stone

Sin

" The roof cannot collapse when the value pillars of government and society are sound and strong. "

Gloria Macapagal Arroyo

Strong

Value

Government

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

Gloria Macapagal Arroyo

Any

Ready

Job

" I want justice to be so pervasive that it will be taken for granted, just as injustice is taken for granted today. "

Gloria Macapagal Arroyo

Will

Injustice

Justice

" I was invited by President Bush to come to the United States on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the mutual defense treaty. "

Gloria Macapagal Arroyo

Come

President

Anniversary

" 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

World

Group

Problem

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

Gloria Macapagal Arroyo

Hardest

Working

World

" While there's been much progress on terrorism, there's still much work to do and it is very important that the countries work together in order to address this threat together. "

Gloria Macapagal Arroyo

Important

Together

Progress

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

Gloria Macapagal Arroyo

Ask

Your

You

" Agrarian reform should not merely subdivide misery, it must raise living standards. Ownership raises the farmer from his, but productivity will keep him on his feet. "

Gloria Macapagal Arroyo

Farmer

Feet

Him

" 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

Terrorism

Now

World

" The Philippines and the U.S. have had a strong relationship with each other for a very long time now. We have a shared history. We have shared values, democracy, freedom, and we have been in all the wars together in modern history, the World War, Second World War, Cold War, Vietnam, Korea, now the war on terrorism. "

Gloria Macapagal Arroyo

History

Relationship

Freedom

" I will follow my father's footsteps by doing what is right, and God will take care of the rest. My father is my role model. My living role model is Cory Aquino. "

Gloria Macapagal Arroyo

Father

Take Care

God

" Better talk than fight, if nothing of sovereign value is anyway lost. Dialogue has achieved more than confrontation in many parts of the world. "

Gloria Macapagal Arroyo

Lost

Value

Fight

" College education is the great Filipino dream. But in a world of rapid technological change, getting a job or keeping it depends as much on how well one reasons as how well one uses his hands. "

Gloria Macapagal Arroyo

Education

Change

Job

" Nature did not gift us with a mighty Mekong like Thailand and Vietnam, with their vast and naturally fertile plains. Nature instead put our islands ahead of our neighbours in the path of typhoons from the Pacific. "

Gloria Macapagal Arroyo

Ahead

Gift

" 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

I Am

Walking

" Our educational system should make the Filipino fit not just for whatever jobs happen to be on offer today, but also for whatever economic challenge life will throw in their way. "

Gloria Macapagal Arroyo

Challenge

Will

Way

" We will downsize the government, motivate excess employees to become entrepreneurs, and increase the pay of a lean and mean bureaucracy. "

Gloria Macapagal Arroyo

Government

Bureaucracy

Mean

" The Constitution says that troops can be in the Philippines if there's a treaty that provides for it, and we have two treaties with the United States. "

Gloria Macapagal Arroyo

Two

Philippines

United

" 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

She

I Can

Stand

" I'm not worried. I'm in control. "

Gloria Macapagal Arroyo

Control

Worried

" Even before 9/11, the Philippines was already fighting terrorism in southwestern Philippines. That's why when 9/11 happened, we could understand the pain. "

Gloria Macapagal Arroyo

Terrorism

Pain

Fighting

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

Gloria Macapagal Arroyo

Alone

Everything

Need

" 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

Here

Government

Way

" It is simply the truth that the political system that I am part of has degenerated to the point that it needs fundamental change. "

Gloria Macapagal Arroyo

Change

I Am

Political

" Our investments in social justice and basic needs are as vital to our future as fiscal and macroeconomic reforms. A nation deeply divided will not stand. And it certainly will not move forward. "

Gloria Macapagal Arroyo

Nation

Stand

Forward