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Gloria Macapagal Arroyo

Filipino academic and politician88 QUOTES

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Gloria Macapagal Arroyo is a Filipino academic and politician who served as the 14th president of the Philippines from 2001 to 2010. Born Maria Gloria Macaraeg Macapagal-Arroyo, she is also known as PGMA or GMA, and has 88 quotes on the site. Before the presidency, she was senator from 1992 to 1998 and vice president from 1998 to 2001 under Joseph Estrada, becoming the first woman to hold that office. After leaving Malacañang, she was elected to represent Pampanga's 2nd district in 2010. She later served as House speaker from 2018 to 2019 and as deputy speaker in two separate periods. She is also one of only two Filipinos to have held at least three of the country's four highest offices.

“I want justice to be so pervasive that it will be taken for granted, just as injustice is taken for granted today.”

JUSTICE

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

REFLECTIONS

“I feel that if I am freed of the burden of politics, then I can do more, and I can take more unpopular decisions.”

REFLECTIONS

“We're working with our neighbors Indonesia and Malaysia to fight terrorism in our own common seas.”

REFLECTIONS

“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.”

VISION

“I will follow my father's footsteps by doing what is right, and God will take care of the rest. My father is my role model. My living role model is Cory Aquino.”

GODREST

“The Constitution says that troops can be in the Philippines if there's a treaty that provides for it, and we have two treaties with the United States.”

REFLECTIONS

“I believe that the war against terrorism and the war against poverty in these times of turmoil go together. So you - when you fight one, you have to fight the other.”

MONEYWARPOVERTY