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

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

In the harshest possible terms, I condemn political killings.

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.

The military is very constitutionalist, and I have my faith in them and in the cooler heads of the people.

The Philippines was with the U.S. in the Second World War, in the Korean War, in the Vietnam War, and now in the war against terrorism.

I follow my father's philosphy; 'Do what is good, do what is right, and God will take care of the rest.'