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" In the harshest possible terms, I condemn political killings. "
Gloria Macapagal Arroyo
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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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" The military is very constitutionalist, and I have my faith in them and in the cooler heads of the people. "
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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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" 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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" I was invited by President Bush to come to the United States on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the mutual defense treaty. "
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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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" 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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" Optimism is infectious, and opportunity irresistible. Progress follows progress. Someone, even government, just has to get it started. "
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" A president must be on the job 24/7, ready for any contingency, any crisis, anywhere, anytime. "
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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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" I'm not worried. I'm in control. "
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" 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. "
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Take Care
God
" 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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Done
Ground
" 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 to create economic opportunity at home and abroad. I don't want just one or the other. I want both. "
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Create
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" In my presidency I've been guided by what's right, not what's popular. "
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Right
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" The roof cannot collapse when the value pillars of government and society are sound and strong. "
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Value
Government
" 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
" The military is faithful to the constitution. They will come in only to protect the people from the enemies of the state. "
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People
" Chronic deficits drastically reduce government's ability to make those infrastructure investments that business needs to grow and create jobs. "
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" Now I ask you to make your sacrifice. Take a gamble. I took the plunge and I'm glad of it. "
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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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" 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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" 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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" 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. "
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Group
Problem
" 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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" 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. "
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" I follow my father's philosphy; 'Do what is good, do what is right, and God will take care of the rest.' "
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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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" 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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