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" We're working with our neighbors Indonesia and Malaysia to fight terrorism in our own common seas. "

Gloria Macapagal Arroyo

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" The people want government that works for them at every level. "

Gloria Macapagal Arroyo

" I was at Ground Zero, and it was, to me, such a graphic illustration of what terrorism has done to our world. "

Gloria Macapagal Arroyo

" 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

" A president must be on the job 24/7, ready for any contingency, any crisis, anywhere, anytime. "

Gloria Macapagal Arroyo

" 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. "

Gloria Macapagal Arroyo

" 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. "

Gloria Macapagal Arroyo

" 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

" 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. "

Gloria Macapagal Arroyo

" 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

" 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. "

Gloria Macapagal Arroyo

" Chronic deficits drastically reduce government's ability to make those infrastructure investments that business needs to grow and create jobs. "

Gloria Macapagal Arroyo

" Our educational system should make the Filipino fit not just for whatever jobs happen to be on offer today, but also for whatever economic challenge life will throw in their way. "

Gloria Macapagal Arroyo

" 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

" 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

" The roof cannot collapse when the value pillars of government and society are sound and strong. "

Gloria Macapagal Arroyo

" It is the civilian part of the politics that is very, very bad, and we have to change that. "

Gloria Macapagal Arroyo

" 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

" The Constitution says that troops can be in the Philippines if there's a treaty that provides for it, and we have two treaties with the United States. "

Gloria Macapagal Arroyo

" We will downsize the government, motivate excess employees to become entrepreneurs, and increase the pay of a lean and mean bureaucracy. "

Gloria Macapagal Arroyo

" 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

" 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

" Over the years, our political system has degenerated to the extent that it is difficult for anyone to make any headway yet keep his hands clean. "

Gloria Macapagal Arroyo

" 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

" 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. "

Gloria Macapagal Arroyo

" We've supported the U.S. every step of the way. The Philippines was the first government in Asia after September 11, in fact, the night of September 11; it was nighttime for us then. It was daytime here. We were the first government in Asia to come out and say that we're supporting the U.S. "

Gloria Macapagal Arroyo

" Filipino businessmen must have the ability to compete freely in the global economy. "

Gloria Macapagal Arroyo

" 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

" It's never right to fight terror with terror. "

Gloria Macapagal Arroyo

" We have the hardest working people in the world, the most adaptable and the most congenial to employ. "

Gloria Macapagal Arroyo

" 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. "

Gloria Macapagal Arroyo