My responsibility as president is to take care to solve the problems we are facing now and to provide a vision and direction for how our nation should advance in the future.
From Gloria Macapagal Arroyo
As the leader of the nation, I say in behalf of the Filipino people to the world: we are strong and principled believers in democracy.
The Philippines has no policy that demands sacrifice of human lives.
I want to create economic opportunity at home and abroad. I don't want just one or the other. I want both.
Chronic deficits drastically reduce government's ability to make those infrastructure investments that business needs to grow and create jobs.
I ask the educational system, the parents, the church, and pillars of the community to help shape a new culture of honesty, patriotism, respect, discipline and service for young Filipinos.
The roof cannot collapse when the value pillars of government and society are sound and strong.
We will downsize the government, motivate excess employees to become entrepreneurs, and increase the pay of a lean and mean bureaucracy.
Over the years, our political system has degenerated to the extent that it is difficult for anyone to make any headway yet keep his hands clean.
By and large, our political system has betrayed its promise to each new generation of Filipinos, not a few of whom are voting with their feet, going abroad and leaving that system behind.
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