I was invited by President Bush to come to the United States on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the mutual defense treaty.

The people want government that works for them at every level. They want good government that begins at their doorstep in the barangay, and does not end before the closed door of a bureaucrat in Metro Manila.

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

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

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

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

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.