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

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

Its never right to fight terror with terror.

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.

We must promote solid traits such as work ethics, a dignified lifestyle, matching actions to rhetoric, performance rather than grandstanding.

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

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.