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" As the leader of the nation, I say in behalf of the Filipino people to the world: we are strong and principled believers in democracy. "

Gloria Macapagal Arroyo

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" 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. "

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" 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. "

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" I want to create economic opportunity at home and abroad. I don't want just one or the other. I want both. "

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" I am very grateful to our Muslim population. One of the things we've been doing is stepping up our inter-faith dialogue with the Muslim population. And I think that helped very much in their support for me. "

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

" Central Philippines has the competitive edge in tourism in its natural wonders and the extraordinary hospitality of its people. "

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" I did not become president to be popular. To work, to lead, to protect and preserve our country, our people, that is why I became president. "

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

" The military is very constitutionalist, and I have my faith in them and in the cooler heads of the people. "

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" We have scaled the heights of Mount Everest, dominated the Southeast Asian games, we have won international beauty titles, and of course punched our way to triumph in the boxing world. Our people compete and win every day in every imaginable job throughout the world. "

Gloria Macapagal Arroyo

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

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

" 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

" Optimism is infectious, and opportunity irresistible. Progress follows progress. Someone, even government, just has to get it started. "

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 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

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

Gloria Macapagal Arroyo

" 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

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

Gloria Macapagal Arroyo

" In the area of national security, I urge the swift passage of an anti-terrorism law that will protect rather than subvert, enhance rather than weaken, the rights and liberties that terrorism precisely threatens with extinction. "

Gloria Macapagal Arroyo

" I shall work with Congress, civil society groups and local government executives who are convinced that charter changes are needed to enable the country to surmount the unprecedented challenges of the 21st century. "

Gloria Macapagal Arroyo

" 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

" Over the years, our political system has degenerated to the extent that it is difficult for anyone to make any headway yet keep his hands clean. "

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're working with our neighbors Indonesia and Malaysia to fight terrorism in our own common seas. "

Gloria Macapagal Arroyo

" Real government is about looking beyond the vested to the national interest, setting up the necessary conditions to enable the next, more enabled and more empowered generation to achieve a country as prosperous, a people as content, as ours deserve to be. "

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

" 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

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

Gloria Macapagal Arroyo

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

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