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I articulate the deepest need of the Filipino people, which is reform of a corrupt culture.

Filipinos are not worse than any other colonized people except that our colonization was a little longer, and the independence movement was always dictated in political terms, never in social ones. We borrowed terms, but we didn't understand them.

I can't do everything alone. I need all Filipinos to unify.

I've always fought for my country, in my own way, showing that Filipinos are a strong people and can do anything that they put their minds to.

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.

My worry is how to protect the Filipino.

The people in the Philippines are so extraordinarily nice.

I want the people of the Philippines to be happy, even if they have nothing.

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.

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.