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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. "
Gloria Macapagal Arroyo
System
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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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" 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 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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" 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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" 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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" The military is very constitutionalist, and I have my faith in them and in the cooler heads of the people. "
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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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" 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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" 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 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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" 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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