Its never right to fight terror with terror.

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

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.

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

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

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

On the economy, the U.S. cumulatively is our most important investor, most important trading partner, most important sort of tourists, and we have now a tie that will... a link that will be here for many, many years to come, and that is the big Philippine-American community in the United States - three million of them.