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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. "
Gloria Macapagal Arroyo
Change
I Am
Political
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" 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. "
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" We look at the world and analyze the world, and see what we can do that is in line of our mutual interest and also in line with, you know, what the whole world needs, because this is a world where we really have to all work together. "
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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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" 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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" 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. "
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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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" 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. "
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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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" 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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" 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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" 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 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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