Filipino talents and skills are becoming ubiquitous in many parts of the world. Returning Filipino workers have helped improve our skills and technological standards.

My life has been devoted to the upliftment of the Filipino by reestablishing his identity and dignity.

I have been called brave in my time, but brave as I may have been against foreign invaders, I have no heart to shed Filipino blood.

There are many things we do not want about the world. Let us not just mourn them. Let us change them.

We only sold a portion because, upon the advice of the World Bank, those carbon credits that we are still entitled to may be sold at a higher price later,

My countrymen: we have reached a turning point in our history. The choice is yours. Shall we venture into this brave new world, bright with possibilities, or retreat to the safety of our familiar but sterile past? I am for crossing the frontier.