Although I was born to famous parents, I know and feel the problems of ordinary citizens.

I had a simple goal in life: to be true to my parents and our country as an honorable son, a caring brother, and a good citizen.

The Philippines is strategically located and blessed with the greatest resource: its people, who are hard-working, very loyal, and very adaptive.

I was put into office by the people who believed in my idea that corruption is the root of poverty; that an end to corruption would mean an end to poverty.

The message has to be sent that if you commit a crime there has to be punishment.

I'm not concentrated or concerned with any other factors rather than just being able to do the best job that I can.

Peace in the Middle East is of prime importance to the Philippines, due to the presence of around 2 million of our countrymen working in that region.

Pictorial is something that I am not used to. You have to pose, smile, bend your arm, straighten up, look to the left.

If you are 100% sure that you live, why don´t you live 100%?

Only love that continues to flow in the face of anger, blame, and indifference can be called love. All else is simply a transaction.

To face a real daemon, you must first look inwards and conquer your own darkness. ☥

I just try to be myself and not conform to something I'm not and just continue doing what I do. I just try not to think about the fact that I'm an inspiration for people.

The idea that the Lord had given us a present, that the world is a gift from God... well, the amount of stuff, back then, that the Lord was giving away was limited. We do not have dominion.

As long as we keep our fundamentals strong...the dollar (and) U.S. borrowing costs will do just fine.

The more united we are on the central questions of policy, the better it will be for the future of our country.

That's not what I'm looking forward to, just being home and just kind of not really sure kind of what to do with myself.

Many people in management are being paid to produce waste.

The orthogonal features, when combined, can explode into complexity.