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.

A president can be as strong as she wants to be.

The Philippines has no policy that demands sacrifice of human lives.

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.

In the harshest possible terms, I condemn political killings.

While there's been much progress on terrorism, there's still much work to do and it is very important that the countries work together in order to address this threat together.

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