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" It's never right to fight terror with terror. "
Gloria Macapagal Arroyo
Right
Terror
Never
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" There isn't a day I do not work at my job, or a waking moment when I do not think through a work-related problem. Even my critics cannot begrudge the long hours I put in. Our people deserve a government that works just as hard as they do. "
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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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" 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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" 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 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. "
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" However much a president wishes it, a national problem cannot be knocked out with a single punch. A president must work with the problem as much as against it, turn it into a solution if she can. "
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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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" 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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" Nature did not gift us with a mighty Mekong like Thailand and Vietnam, with their vast and naturally fertile plains. Nature instead put our islands ahead of our neighbours in the path of typhoons from the Pacific. "
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Like
" 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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I Am
Political
" In a global arena, what our businessmen need in order to be competitive is transparency and a level playing-field. "
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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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Work
Rhetoric
" As the leader of the nation, I say in behalf of the Filipino people to the world: we are strong and principled believers in democracy. "
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" I want ordinary people to enjoy a decent standard of living, with ever increasing security, comfort and joy. "
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People
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" I can say that I have not done any culpable violation of the constitution. "
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Constitution
" It is the civilian part of the politics that is very, very bad, and we have to change that. "
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Very
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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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Military
Faith
Cooler
" 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
" 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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Together
" 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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" 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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Partner
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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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World
Together
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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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Now
World
" 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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Me
" 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
" 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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" We're working with our neighbors Indonesia and Malaysia to fight terrorism in our own common seas. "
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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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" 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. "
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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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