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" In a global arena, what our businessmen need in order to be competitive is transparency and a level playing-field. "
Gloria Macapagal Arroyo
Need
Competitive
Transparency
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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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" 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 the time one is given, the steward must make the most of the talents one is given by the Lord. "
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" Over the years, our political system has degenerated to the extent that it is difficult for anyone to make any headway yet keep his hands clean. "
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Over
" 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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Two
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United
" 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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First
" I can't do everything alone. I need all Filipinos to unify. "
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Need
" A president must be on the job 24/7, ready for any contingency, any crisis, anywhere, anytime. "
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Ready
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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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Hospitality
People
Extraordinary
" 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
Sight
Lose
Country
" The Philippines ranks among top off-shoring hubs in the world because of cost competitiveness and, more importantly, our highly trainable, English proficient, IT-enabled management and manpower. "
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Management
More
World
" 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
Respect
Honesty
Service
" 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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She
I Can
Stand
" 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
Believe
War
Together
" In the harshest possible terms, I condemn political killings. "
Gloria Macapagal Arroyo
Possible
Terms
Condemn
" You have 60 countries in the world with a terrorist problem. That's two-thirds of the world. We have this group in Basilan, which is a small island in the far south of the Philippines, and the island itself has a population of - what? - 300,000. "
Gloria Macapagal Arroyo
World
Group
Problem
" As a country in the path of typhoons and in the Pacific Rim of Fire, we must be prepared as the latest technology permits to anticipate natural calamities when that is possible, to extend immediate and effective relief when it is not. "
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Natural
Path
Country
" Better talk than fight, if nothing of sovereign value is anyway lost. Dialogue has achieved more than confrontation in many parts of the world. "
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Lost
Value
Fight
" 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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Terrorism
Security
Rights
" 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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World
Together
Peaceful
" 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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Grateful
Support
Think
" 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
Government
People
Generation
" We have the hardest working people in the world, the most adaptable and the most congenial to employ. "
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Hardest
Working
World
" 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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Deep
Nation
Men
" 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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Zero
Done
Ground
" It is the civilian part of the politics that is very, very bad, and we have to change that. "
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Change
Very
Bad
" 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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Over
World
Three
" 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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Change
I Am
Political
" I want ordinary people to enjoy a decent standard of living, with ever increasing security, comfort and joy. "
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Security
People
Joy
" 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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Relationship
Freedom