Gloria Macapagal Arroyo Quotes & Sayings (Page 3)

“We've supported the U.S. every step of the way. The Philippines was the first government in Asia after September 11, in fact, the night of September 11; it was nighttime for us then. It was daytime here. We were the first government in Asia to come out and say that we're supporting the U.S.”

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

“We must promote solid traits such as work ethics, a dignified lifestyle, matching actions to rhetoric, performance rather than grandstanding.”

“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.”

“I can say that I have not done any culpable violation of the constitution.”

“Our political system needs changing. It needs to move away from personalities and patronage to a system of party programs and consultation with the people.”

“While there's been much progress on terrorism, there's still much work to do and it is very important that the countries work together in order to address this threat together.”

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

“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.”

“On the economy, the U.S. cumulatively is our most important investor, most important trading partner, most important sort of tourists, and we have now a tie that will... a link that will be here for many, many years to come, and that is the big Philippine-American community in the United States - three million of them.”