To write our constitution is for the past, the present, and the future to come together all at once in one single motion, in one single heave, one single cry. For we correct the errors of the past and chart a new course for the future, based on the experience of the present.

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.

Once a champion, always a champion.

Past is experience and future an illusion, both being mostly useless because the change is in every second, but a kind heart living in present holds the power to change both. My past does not define me, neither I live with care towards future, whatever the bad future may bring I will destroy it with my mightiest and indomitable force of will, whatever good it may be, I will cherish for the rest of my life. I only exist in present and that is my way of living without doubt and regrets.

History should not be left to the historians. Rather, be like Churchill. Make history, and then write it.

My friends in the opposition have forgotten that the constitution of the Philippines was amended in 1973 with their participation. The constitution mandates the administration, including the Batasan, or legislature, to convert slowly into a semiparliamentary form of government. The president in such a situation can issue decrees and edicts.