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

In the time one is given, the steward must make the most of the talents one is given by the Lord.

Now I ask you to make your sacrifice. Take a gamble. I took the plunge and I'm glad of it.

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.

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

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.