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

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

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

In 1995, we had evidence of the brother-in-law of Osama bin Laden being in the Philippines, living in the Philippines. We had evidence of front organizations set up in the Philippines. And we uncovered evidence about, which would help the U.S. with - about the perpetuators of the World Trade Center bombing.

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