Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo

“ A Republic Is A Roof, And Walls, That Need To Be Constructed.
A Republic Is An Edifice Towards The Building Of Which Each Must Give The Finest Stone Within Their Ability To Shape. In The End, This Stone Is The Only Thing By Which One Will Be Remembered. ”

“ In The End , We Are One Nation Under God , One People , With One Aspiration : A Country As Good As It Can Get!
For A Country To Be As Good As It Can Get, Many Of The Right Decisions Are Tough Decisions. ”

“ Criminal Syndicates Will Be Treated As What They Are, Direct Threats To National Security. Criminals Are Criminals, Whether Of The Common Kind Or The Kind That Kill In The Name Of Political Advocacies. They Will Feel The Full Brunt Of The Arsenal Of Democracy. Freedom, Too, Is Entitled To Self-Defense. ”

“ With The Drug Menace Now Elevated To The Level Of A National Security Problem And No Longer Just A Police Problem, I Am Instructing The Armed Forces Of The Philippines To Field Military Resources For Intelligence And To Field Soldiers In Drug Raids In Support Of Civilian Law Enforcement. Drug Lords Will Be Treated As Enemies Of The State!
In This War With The Drug Trade There Will Be No Compromise And No Quarter, Not For Fear Or Favor. ”

“ A Republic Does Not Exist By The Mere Fact Of Declaring Itself To Be So.
A Republic Must Be So In Fact, In Reality, And Especially In The Difference It Makes For The Better In The Lives Of Its Citizens. ”

“ I Have Made Some Of The Toughest. And I Will Make Even More Tough Decisions In The Year To Come. Because The Easy Way Out May Postpone The Pain But Only Prolong The Problem. The Tough Decisions Which Are The Right Decisions, Because They Serve The People , Are The Source Of Our Hope For The Future.
In The Last Year And A Half:
I Led Our Nation In Making The World Recognize And Respect Our Economic Discipline.
I Led Our Soldiers In Defeating The Abu Sayyaf.
I Led Our Government In Meeting The Targets We So Bravely Set For The Welfare Of Our People. ”

“ At Stake In This War Is The Very Life Of Society, The Very Possibility Of Basic Rights And Liberties, Which Have Been Under Attack For Too Long.
The Right To Work In Peace Is As Basic As The Right To Life And Liberty, And When Both Are In Danger Their Preservation By All Lawful Means Becomes Not Just A Higher Right But An Overriding Duty. ”

“ Where We Have Fallen Short Of Achieving What We Intended, It Has Not Been From Misdirection Or A Lack Of Trying. After All, It Has Really Been Only One Year And A Half.
In Any Event , I Promise To Work Even Harder If That Is Possible, And Do Even Better Because I Believe That There Is Always Room For Improvement. I Cannot Grow Taller But I Can Always Get Better.
My Working Agenda For The Coming Year Will Focus On Creating And Improving Job Opportunities. Citizens With Rewarding Jobs Paying Decent Wages Constitute Not Just A Stone In The Edifice But The Very Foundation Of A Strong Republic. ”

“ This Is A War We Will Wage On Behalf , And With The Rage , Of All The Victims: Those Whose Businesses Were Ruined By Extortion, Those Held Down By Poverty In Fear, Those Whose Lives Were Snuffed Out By Addiction, And Those Taken Hostage And Killed. ”

“ We Must Pass The Special Purpose Vehicle Act In Order To Encourage Asset Management Companies To Put Back Into Productive Circulation Assets Now Tied Up In Problematic Loans.
We Must Pass A Law To Give Overseas Filipinos The Right To Vote, Consistent With The Constitution. We Must Pass The Bill That Will Give Equal Respect And Recognition To The Overseas Filipino’s Dual Citizenship, Consistent With Our National Honor. These Are The Least Returns For The Enormous Contribution Of Our Overseas Filipinos To The National Welfare. ”

“ To That End, We Shall Enhance Our Strategic Relationship With The United States Through Continuing Training Exercises To Sharpen Our Soldiers’ Capabilities To Move And Communicate, To Fix And Finish Off Their Targets.
I Am Happy To Let You Know That Yesterday We Captured The Mastermind Of The Gensan Bombings That Killed And Maimed 80 Persons A Few Months Ago. This Man That We Captured Yesterday Is Considered The Number One Expert Terrorist Bomber.
We Cannot Afford To Lose . Even A Stalemate Will Be A Defeat. For What Is At Stake Is Our Country As A Viable Proposition In The World Economy. ”

“ We Have Three Months To Carry Out The Concrete Courses Of Action Stemming From This Review That Will Further Ease The Burden On Our People.
Soon We Shall Have The First-Ever Wholesale Electricity Spot Market In Asia, Without The Pitfalls Of California. . In Due Time , We Will Give Electric Consumers The Power To Choose Their Electricity Suppliers.. We Are Giving You The Power Of Choice.
The Power Of Choice Will Lead To Lower Prices And Better Service.
With Cheaper Power Will Come A More Competitive Economy, And More Investors. ”

“ The Adoption Of Strong Administrative Measures, Including Fighting Smuggling And Graft And Corruption, Will Enable Us To Close The Gap In Our Revenue Targets For This Year.
The Basic Macro Signs Indicate That Things Are Under Control. Inflation Is At A Low, Driven Down By Stable Food Prices And Now By Declining Power Costs. ”

“ That Is Why Hers Was The First And Last Kidnapping To Take Place In Region 1 In My Administration.
I Want To Smash The Other 21 Syndicates In The Same Way. We Are Getting A Clearer Picture Of The Leadership, Membership And Area Of Operations Of These Syndicates. I Now Want Their Linkages And Modus Operandi. I Am Overseeing How They Are Being Watched, Tracked And Infiltrated. We Will Start With The Two Biggest Syndicates, The Bucala And Fajardo Gangs. I Have Challenged The Philippine National Police To Eliminate Them Within A Year. ”