The Filipino people mark a glorious day in history, when instead of forcing a president out of office through people power, they chose to keep a president through voting in the halls of constitutional democracy,

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 throughout the world.

There is no calling in life nobler than to serve the people of one's nation in pursuit of the Jeffersonian ideal of "life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness." I, for one, feel privileged every day, every single day to be able to serve the people of the Philippines and to be associated with democrats like you from all over the world.

[One protest leader, Renato Reyes, said that a] people power ... September storm if the impeachment is killed this week.

We have the hardest working people in the world, the most adaptable and the most congenial to employ.

I want ordinary people to enjoy a decent standard of living, with ever increasing security, comfort and joy.