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" The power of one, if fearless and focused, is formidable, but the power of many working together is better. "
Gloria Macapagal Arroyo
Working Together
Power
Together
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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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" It's never right to fight terror with terror. "
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" We have scaled the heights of Mount Everest, dominated the Southeast Asian games, we have won international beauty titles, and of course punched our way to triumph in the boxing world. Our people compete and win every day in every imaginable job throughout the world. "
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" We must weed out corruption and build a strong system of justice that the people can trust. "
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" 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 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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" We must promote solid traits such as work ethics, a dignified lifestyle, matching actions to rhetoric, performance rather than grandstanding. "
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Rhetoric
" By and large, our political system has betrayed its promise to each new generation of Filipinos, not a few of whom are voting with their feet, going abroad and leaving that system behind. "
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" The roof cannot collapse when the value pillars of government and society are sound and strong. "
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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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" 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
" 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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Stand
Forward
" 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
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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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Father
Take Care
God
" My responsibility as president is to take care to solve the problems we are facing now and to provide a vision and direction for how our nation should advance in the future. "
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Problems
Future
Responsibility
" 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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Honesty
Service
" 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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" 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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World
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" We have our own home-grown terrorism, and to the extent that we can obliterate terrorism all over the world, then our own terrorism will be much easier to neutralize. "
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" As your president, I care too much about this nation to let anyone stand in the way of our people's wellbeing. "
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Very
Bad
" 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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People
Generation
" 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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Way
Ambition
" 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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Bureaucracy
Mean
" 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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Life
" I sow; my successor reaps. This is the majesty of democracy. "
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" I did not become president to be popular. To work, to lead, to protect and preserve our country, our people, that is why I became president. "
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