Optimism is infectious, and opportunity irresistible. Progress follows progress. Someone, even government, just has to get it started.

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

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

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.

In 1995, we had evidence of the brother-in-law of Osama bin Laden being in the Philippines, living in the Philippines. We had evidence of front organizations set up in the Philippines. And we uncovered evidence about, which would help the U.S. with - about the perpetuators of the World Trade Center bombing.

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

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