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.

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.

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

Now I ask you to make your sacrifice. Take a gamble. I took the plunge and I'm glad of it.

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

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.

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