Its never right to fight terror with terror.

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.

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

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

I sow; my successor reaps. This is the majesty of democracy.

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

It is simply the truth that the political system that I am part of has degenerated to the point that it needs fundamental change.