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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. "
Gloria Macapagal Arroyo
Deep
Nation
Men
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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. "
Gloria Macapagal Arroyo
Partner
Important
Community
" Agrarian reform should not merely subdivide misery, it must raise living standards. Ownership raises the farmer from his, but productivity will keep him on his feet. "
Gloria Macapagal Arroyo
Farmer
Feet
Him
" In the harshest possible terms, I condemn political killings. "
Gloria Macapagal Arroyo
Possible
Terms
Condemn
" 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. "
Gloria Macapagal Arroyo
People
Work
Country
" I sow; my successor reaps. This is the majesty of democracy. "
Gloria Macapagal Arroyo
Democracy
Successor
Sow
" It is the civilian part of the politics that is very, very bad, and we have to change that. "
Gloria Macapagal Arroyo
Change
Very
Bad
" 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. "
Gloria Macapagal Arroyo
Grateful
Support
Think
" It's never right to fight terror with terror. "
Gloria Macapagal Arroyo
Right
Terror
Never
" For those who want to pick up old fights, we're game, but what a waste of time. Why not join hands instead? Join hands in the biggest challenge of all, where we all win, or we all lose: the battle for the survival and progress of our one and only country. "
Gloria Macapagal Arroyo
Progress
Challenge
Win
" As your president, I care too much about this nation to let anyone stand in the way of our people's wellbeing. "
Gloria Macapagal Arroyo
Stand
People
Too Much
" 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. "
Gloria Macapagal Arroyo
Moment
People
Think
" A president must be on the job 24/7, ready for any contingency, any crisis, anywhere, anytime. "
Gloria Macapagal Arroyo
Any
Ready
Job
" We have the hardest working people in the world, the most adaptable and the most congenial to employ. "
Gloria Macapagal Arroyo
Hardest
Working
World
" I was invited by President Bush to come to the United States on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the mutual defense treaty. "
Gloria Macapagal Arroyo
Come
President
Anniversary
" 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. "
Gloria Macapagal Arroyo
Management
More
World
" In a global arena, what our businessmen need in order to be competitive is transparency and a level playing-field. "
Gloria Macapagal Arroyo
Need
Competitive
Transparency
" We must weed out corruption and build a strong system of justice that the people can trust. "
Gloria Macapagal Arroyo
People
Justice
Build
" 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. "
Gloria Macapagal Arroyo
Over
World
Three
" We fight terrorism. It threatens our sovereign, democratic, compassionate and decent way of life. "
Gloria Macapagal Arroyo
Democratic
Fight
Life
" Optimism is infectious, and opportunity irresistible. Progress follows progress. Someone, even government, just has to get it started. "
Gloria Macapagal Arroyo
Government
Just
Opportunity
" We may disagree among ourselves, but let us never lose sight of that greater battle for one people, one country, one Philippines. "
Gloria Macapagal Arroyo
Sight
Lose
Country
" I follow my father's philosphy; 'Do what is good, do what is right, and God will take care of the rest.' "
Gloria Macapagal Arroyo
God
Rest
Care
" 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. "
Gloria Macapagal Arroyo
History
Relationship
Freedom
" 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. "
Gloria Macapagal Arroyo
Father
Take Care
God
" The contracts for Iraqi rebuilding are commercial contracts. I think being in the coalition of the willing puts us in the radar screen, but we also have to compete with other countries that are in the coalition of the willing, but the Philippines is a country that has produced world-class skilled workers that we have seen all over the world. "
Gloria Macapagal Arroyo
Rebuilding
World
Country
" 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. "
Gloria Macapagal Arroyo
Terrorism
Now
World
" Camiguin, Romblon and Camarines Norte got out of the list of poorest provinces in 2003. With tourism, these provinces can become rich. "
Gloria Macapagal Arroyo
Out
Rich
Tourism
" 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. "
Gloria Macapagal Arroyo
World
Together
Peaceful
" Better talk than fight, if nothing of sovereign value is anyway lost. Dialogue has achieved more than confrontation in many parts of the world. "
Gloria Macapagal Arroyo
Lost
Value
Fight
" Filipino businessmen must have the ability to compete freely in the global economy. "
Gloria Macapagal Arroyo
Compete
Filipino
Economy