Gloria Macapagal Arroyo

The military is faithful to the constitution. They will come in only to protect the people from the enemies of the state. ”

Real government is about looking beyond the vested to the national interest, setting up the necessary conditions to enable the next, more enabled and more empowered generation to achieve a country as prosperous, a people as content, as ours deserve to be. ”

A president must be on the job 24/7, ready for any contingency, any crisis, anywhere, anytime. ”

In the area of national security, I urge the swift passage of an anti-terrorism law that will protect rather than subvert, enhance rather than weaken, the rights and liberties that terrorism precisely threatens with extinction. ”

We must weed out corruption and build a strong system of justice that the people can trust. ”

Our investments in social justice and basic needs are as vital to our future as fiscal and macroeconomic reforms. A nation deeply divided will not stand. And it certainly will not move forward. ”

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

Individually, we've taken the world on and won; together, we must take on the challenge of creating a new, peaceful, humane and competitive nation and prevail. ”

We have to be bold in our national ambitions. First, we must win the fight against poverty within the next decade. Second, we must improve moral standards in government and society to provide a strong foundation for good governance. Third, we must change the character of our politics to promote fertile ground for reforms. ”

In the harshest possible terms, I condemn political killings. ”