I'm not worried. I'm in control.

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

The people want government that works for them at every level. They want good government that begins at their doorstep in the barangay, and does not end before the closed door of a bureaucrat in Metro Manila.

I want ordinary people to enjoy a decent standard of living, with ever increasing security, comfort and joy.

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.

I believe that the war against terrorism and the war against poverty in these times of turmoil go together. So you - when you fight one, you have to fight the other.

I was invited by President Bush to come to the United States on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the mutual defense treaty.