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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. "

Gloria Macapagal Arroyo

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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. "

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" Our political system needs changing. It needs to move away from personalities and patronage to a system of party programs and consultation with the people. "

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

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" 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. "

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" As your president, I care too much about this nation to let anyone stand in the way of our people's wellbeing. "

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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. "

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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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" 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. "

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" The Philippines has no policy that demands sacrifice of human lives. "

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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. "

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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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" I want ordinary people to enjoy a decent standard of living, with ever increasing security, comfort and joy. "

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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. "

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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. "

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

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

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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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" 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. "

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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. "

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

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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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" 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. "

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" 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. "

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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. "

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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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" 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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