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

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

I want justice to be so pervasive that it will be taken for granted, just as injustice is taken for granted today.

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.

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

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

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.