The power of one, if fearless and focused, is formidable, but the power of many working together is better.

I am very grateful to our Muslim population. One of the things we've been doing is stepping up our inter-faith dialogue with the Muslim population. And I think that helped very much in their support for me.

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

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.

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.

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