I am falsely accused, without proof, of using my position for personal profit. Many who accuse me have lifestyles and spending habits that make them walking proofs of that crime. Gloria Macapagal Arroyo Read Quote
A president must be on the job 24/7, ready for any contingency, any crisis, anywhere, anytime. Gloria Macapagal Arroyo Read Quote
However much a president wishes it, a national problem cannot be knocked out with a single punch. A president must work with the problem as much as against it, turn it into a solution if she can. Gloria Macapagal Arroyo Read Quote
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. Gloria Macapagal Arroyo Read Quote
As a country in the path of typhoons and in the Pacific Rim of Fire, we must be prepared as the latest technology permits to anticipate natural calamities when that is possible, to extend immediate and effective relief when it is not. Gloria Macapagal Arroyo Read Quote
Our educational system should make the Filipino fit not just for whatever jobs happen to be on offer today, but also for whatever economic challenge life will throw in their way. Gloria Macapagal Arroyo Read Quote
As your president, I care too much about this nation to let anyone stand in the way of our people’s wellbeing. Gloria Macapagal Arroyo Read Quote
Better talk than fight, if nothing of sovereign value is anyway lost. Dialogue has achieved more than confrontation in many parts of the world. Gloria Macapagal Arroyo Read Quote
Nature did not gift us with a mighty Mekong like Thailand and Vietnam, with their vast and naturally fertile plains. Nature instead put our islands ahead of our neighbours in the path of typhoons from the Pacific. Gloria Macapagal Arroyo Read Quote
I will not stand idly when anyone gets in the way of the national interest and tries to block the national vision. From where I sit, I can tell you, a president is always as strong as she wants to be. Gloria Macapagal Arroyo Read Quote
