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

Gloria Macapagal Arroyo

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

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

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" 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. "

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

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

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

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" I will not stand idly when anyone gets in the way of the national interest and tries to block the national vision. From where I sit, I can tell you, a president is always as strong as she wants to be. "

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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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" Optimism is infectious, and opportunity irresistible. Progress follows progress. Someone, even government, just has to get it started. "

Gloria Macapagal Arroyo

" 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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" 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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" 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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" 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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" 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. "

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

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" 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. "

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

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