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" 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

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Gloria Macapagal Arroyo

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

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

" 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

" 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 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

" 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

" 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

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

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

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

" 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. "

Gloria Macapagal Arroyo

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

Gloria Macapagal Arroyo

" I can say that I have not done any culpable violation of the constitution. "

Gloria Macapagal Arroyo

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

Gloria Macapagal Arroyo

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

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

" 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

" 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

" The military is faithful to the constitution. They will come in only to protect the people from the enemies of the state. "

Gloria Macapagal Arroyo

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

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 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

" 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

" 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

" 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 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 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

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

Gloria Macapagal Arroyo