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.

It is simply the truth that the political system that I am part of has degenerated to the point that it needs fundamental change.

We have our own home-grown terrorism, and to the extent that we can obliterate terrorism all over the world, then our own terrorism will be much easier to neutralize.

In all the things I've gone through as a politician, I have seen that in this system it is really very difficult to make any headway without being somehow tainted. And let me say, 'Let him who is without sin cast the first stone.'

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.

The basis of our political system is the right of the people to make and to alter their constitutions of government.