I have committed many sins in my life. But stealing money from the government, from the people, is not one of them.

I don’t believe in courtship.It’s a waste of time. If I love the person, I’ll tell her right away. But for you, I’ll make an exception. Just love me now, and I’ll court you forever.

There are many things we do not want in this world. Let us not just mourn them; let us change them

Leadership is the other side of the coin of loneliness, and he who is a leader must always act alone. And acting alone, accept everything alone.

Of what good is democracy if it is not for the poor?

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

I often wonder what I will be remembered in history for. Scholar? Military hero? Builder?

Some people say the president is incapable of enforcing the law. Let them say that once more and I will set the tanks on them.

Elect me as your congressman today, I promise you an Ilocano president in 20 years.

Once a champion, always a champion.

It is not a choice of life, it is a choice of death. If this is life, I'd rather die.

A thing can be fine on paper but utterly crummy in the field.

The problems afflicting a nation are always in equal measure spiritual crises.

The women working at abortion clinics are really on the front lines and the true heroes of feminism.

Integrity is the glue that holds our way of life together.

When you have given yourself to Christ, leave yourself there, and go about your work as a child in His household.

When you locate good in yourself, approve of it with determination. When you locate evil in yourself, despise it as something detestable.

I've already heard from some military commanders who feel they've been undercut by the vice president of the United States, and there's a lot of justification for their view.

Fighting emotion with logic is like bringing a calculator to a knife fight

My mum said to me once years ago, which really spurred me on, 'You're the funniest person I know'. I loved that.

I do have a lot of Australian friends.