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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. "

Gloria Macapagal Arroyo

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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. "

Gloria Macapagal Arroyo

" 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. "

Gloria Macapagal Arroyo

" In the time one is given, the steward must make the most of the talents one is given by the Lord. "

Gloria Macapagal Arroyo

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

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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

" 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

" 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. "

Gloria Macapagal Arroyo

" I feel that if I am freed of the burden of politics, then I can do more and I can take more unpopular decisions. I can have as my guidance for decision whatever is right, not whatever is popular. "

Gloria Macapagal Arroyo

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

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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

" 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

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

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

" 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

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

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

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

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" The people want government that works for them at every level. "

Gloria Macapagal Arroyo

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

Gloria Macapagal Arroyo

" I'm not worried. I'm in control. "

Gloria Macapagal Arroyo

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

Gloria Macapagal Arroyo

" 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

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

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

" 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

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

Gloria Macapagal Arroyo

" We have to be bold in our national ambitions. First, we must win the fight against poverty within the next decade. Second, we must improve moral standards in government and society to provide a strong foundation for good governance. Third, we must change the character of our politics to promote fertile ground for reforms. "

Gloria Macapagal Arroyo

" I will follow my father's footsteps by doing what is right, and God will take care of the rest. My father is my role model. My living role model is Cory Aquino. "

Gloria Macapagal Arroyo

" Camiguin, Romblon and Camarines Norte got out of the list of poorest provinces in 2003. With tourism, these provinces can become rich. "

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