Quotes by Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo

About Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo:

Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo is a Filipino politician who served as the 14th President of the Philippines from 2001 to 2010, as the 12th Vice President of the Philippines from 1998 to 2001, and as member of the House of Representatives representing the 2nd District of Pampanga since 2010. She was the country's second female president (after Corazon Aquino), and the daughter of former President Diosdado Macapagal. Arroyo is also the first duly elected female Vice President of the Philippines.
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I can't do everything alone. I need all Filipinos to unify.

Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo

I was invited by President Bush to come to the United States on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the mutual defense treaty.

Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo

We have scaled the heights of Mount Everest, dominated the Southeast Asian games, we have won international beauty titles, and of course punched our way to triumph in the boxing world. Our people compete and win every day in every imaginable job thro...

Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo

Chronic deficits drastically reduce government's ability to make those infrastructure investments that business needs to grow and create jobs.

Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo

We have to be bold in our national ambitions. First, we must win the fight against poverty within the next decade. Second, we must improve moral standards in government and society to provide a strong foundation for good governance. Third, we must ch...

Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo

College education is the great Filipino dream. But in a world of rapid technological change, getting a job or keeping it depends as much on how well one reasons as how well one uses his hands.

Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo

I want to create economic opportunity at home and abroad. I don't want just one or the other. I want both.

Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo

Our children are our most cherished possession. In their early years, we must make sure they get a healthy start in life. They must receive the right food for a healthy body, the right education for a bright and inquiring mind - and the equal opportu...

Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo

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.

Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo

Our investments in social justice and basic needs are as vital to our future as fiscal and macroeconomic reforms. A nation deeply divided will not stand. And it certainly will not move forward.

Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo

We fight terrorism. It threatens our sovereign, democratic, compassionate and decent way of life.

Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo

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

As I have shown, I will defend democracy with arms when it is threatened by violence; with firmness when it is weakened by division; with law and order when it is subverted by anarchy; and always, I will try to sustain it by wise policies of economic...

Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo

In my presidency I've been guided by what's right, not what's popular.

Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo

I was at Ground Zero, and it was, to me, such a graphic illustration of what terrorism has done to our world.

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.

Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo

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.

Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo

It's never right to fight terror with terror.

Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo

The Philippines has no policy that demands sacrifice of human lives.

Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo

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.

Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo

Author Bio

  • NameGloria Macapagal-Arroyo
  • DescriptionThe 14th President of the Philippines from 2001 to 2010.
  • AliasesGMA
  • BornApril 5, 1947
  • CountryPhilippines
  • ProfessionEconomist; Politician
  • AwardsOrder Of Isabella The Catholic