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" Chronic deficits drastically reduce government's ability to make those infrastructure investments that business needs to grow and create jobs. "

Gloria Macapagal Arroyo

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" The Iraqi regime was supporting terrorist cells all over the world. We had to expel three Iraqi diplomats from the Philippines because of evidence that they were either in touch with Abu Sayyaf or doing their own espionage. "

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" 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.' "

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

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

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" In my presidency I've been guided by what's right, not what's popular. "

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" 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. "

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" However much a president wishes it, a national problem cannot be knocked out with a single punch. A president must work with the problem as much as against it, turn it into a solution if she can. "

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

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" To our men and women in the armed services, the huge and deep core of your loyalty has earned the nation's accolade. "

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

" I follow my father's philosphy; 'Do what is good, do what is right, and God will take care of the rest.' "

Gloria Macapagal Arroyo

" 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 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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" 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

" 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

" 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

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

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" 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

" 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

" 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. "

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" 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. "

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" 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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" 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

" 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. "

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" I stand in the way of no one's ambition. I only ask that no one stand in the way of the people's well being and the nation's progress. "

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" 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

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

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" 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. "

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

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