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

Before September 11, we were fighting terrorism in our southwestern Philippines, and it was a lonely fight. However, we were able to contain it now in one island in that part of the Philippines. But after September 11, and after the creation of the global coalition against terrorism, now we have allies, and I believe now it will easier with allies.

We have the hardest working people in the world, the most adaptable and the most congenial to employ.

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.

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

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.