The government cannot do everything all at once. It can't wave a magic wand and meet everyone's demands simultaneously.

National leaders who find themselves wilting under the withering criticisms by members of the media, would do well not to take such criticism personally but to regard the media as their allies in keeping the government clean and honest, its services

I would like to ask the many Filipino people to pray together, to help each other so that we will be able to preserve the democracy we restored 20 years ago.

It is not I who have been consigned to the bedroom of history.

The government cannot do everything all at once. It can't wave a magic wand and meet everyone's demands simultaneously.

You, the foreign media, have been the companion of my people in its long and painful journey to freedom.

I acknowledged that I owed my presidency to People Power. I resolved during my presidency that I would in turn empower the people.