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" 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
Generation
Feet
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" 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. "
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" The contracts for Iraqi rebuilding are commercial contracts. I think being in the coalition of the willing puts us in the radar screen, but we also have to compete with other countries that are in the coalition of the willing, but the Philippines is a country that has produced world-class skilled workers that we have seen all over the world. "
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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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Like
" My responsibility as president is to take care to solve the problems we are facing now and to provide a vision and direction for how our nation should advance in the future. "
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Future
Responsibility
" It is the civilian part of the politics that is very, very bad, and we have to change that. "
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Change
Very
Bad
" 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. "
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Here
Government
Way
" 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. "
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Nation
Stand
Forward
" 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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Home
Create
Want
" I was invited by President Bush to come to the United States on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the mutual defense treaty. "
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Come
President
Anniversary
" 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. "
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Evidence
Help
Living
" 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. "
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Clean
Political
Over
" 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
Sight
Lose
Country
" 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. "
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Progress
Challenge
Win
" A president must be on the job 24/7, ready for any contingency, any crisis, anywhere, anytime. "
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Any
Ready
Job
" I want ordinary people to enjoy a decent standard of living, with ever increasing security, comfort and joy. "
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Security
People
Joy
" 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. "
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World
Group
Problem
" The roof cannot collapse when the value pillars of government and society are sound and strong. "
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Strong
Value
Government
" 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. "
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Education
Change
Job
" The Philippines has no policy that demands sacrifice of human lives. "
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Human
Sacrifice
Policy
" Optimism is infectious, and opportunity irresistible. Progress follows progress. Someone, even government, just has to get it started. "
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Government
Just
Opportunity
" It's never right to fight terror with terror. "
Gloria Macapagal Arroyo
Right
Terror
Never
" 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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Moment
People
Think
" Now I ask you to make your sacrifice. Take a gamble. I took the plunge and I'm glad of it. "
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Ask
Your
You
" I want justice to be so pervasive that it will be taken for granted, just as injustice is taken for granted today. "
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Will
Injustice
Justice
" We're working with our neighbors Indonesia and Malaysia to fight terrorism in our own common seas. "
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Neighbors
Common
Terrorism
" The military is faithful to the constitution. They will come in only to protect the people from the enemies of the state. "
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Constitution
Faithful
People
" Our children are our most cherished possession. In their early years, we must make sure they get a healthy start in life. They must receive the right food for a healthy body, the right education for a bright and inquiring mind - and the equal opportunity for a meaningful job. "
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Children
Education
Life
" The military is very constitutionalist, and I have my faith in them and in the cooler heads of the people. "
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Military
Faith
Cooler
" I was at Ground Zero, and it was, to me, such a graphic illustration of what terrorism has done to our world. "
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Zero
Done
Ground
" 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. "
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