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

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

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.

I want justice to be so pervasive that it will be taken for granted, just as injustice is taken for granted today.

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.

Its never right to fight terror with terror.

In a global arena, what our businessmen need in order to be competitive is transparency and a level playing-field.