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Benigno Aquino III
Filipino
Politician
Born:
Feb 8
,
1960
Father
Me
People
Philippines
Will
You
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I had a simple goal in life: to be true to my parents and our country as an honorable son, a caring brother, and a good citizen.
Benigno Aquino III
Life
Good
Son
Simple
Citizen
Be True
Parents
Country
Caring
Honorable
Our
Brother
Had
True
Goal
Good Citizen
The Philippines has vast minerals that are still untapped. It has one of the world's largest deposits of gold, nickel, copper and chromite. Through responsible mining, we intend to generate more revenues from the extraction of these resources.
Benigno Aquino III
World
Philippines
Extraction
Resources
Minerals
Mining
Responsible
More
Vast
Through
Generate
Untapped
Revenues
Still
Intend
Gold
Nickel
Largest
Copper
Strategic partnership is based on a shared set of values.
Benigno Aquino III
Values
Shared
Partnership
Strategic
Based
Set
I didn't have any ambition to be president. It was fate. The people found me.
Benigno Aquino III
Me
People
Fate
Ambition
President
Any
Found
I have to study, study, and study because I have to learn everything. Everyone expects me to be an expert on everything.
Benigno Aquino III
Me
Everyone
Everything
Study
Learn
Because
Expects
Expert
Peace in the Middle East is of prime importance to the Philippines, due to the presence of around 2 million of our countrymen working in that region.
Benigno Aquino III
Peace
Philippines
Our
East
Prime
Countrymen
Importance
Around
Due
Middle
Middle East
Region
Working
Million
Presence
When I was a congressman, I had occasion to talk to this group of students who were taking their seat. There were about 80 of them and I asked them, 'How many of you will be serving in the country once you graduate?' And, out of the 80, there were two that raised their hands. The rest were thinking of leaving.
Benigno Aquino III
You
Will
Rest
Country
Group
Thinking
Once
Out
About
Students
Had
Taking
Talk
Occasion
How
Leaving
Were
Hands
Graduate
Them
Asked
Congressman
Who
Many
Seat
Serving
Raised
Two
Let me make it clear: The Disbursement Allocation Program is not pork barrel. Of the DAP releases in 2011 and 2012, only nine percent was disbursed for projects suggested by legislators. The DAP is not theft. Theft is illegal.
Benigno Aquino III
Me
Nine
Projects
Release
Percent
Only
Allocation
Clear
Make
Legislators
Theft
Illegal
Barrel
Pork
Suggested
Program
When my father returned home on the twenty-first of August 1983, he had a speech prepared. Filipinos never got to hear it, because he was murdered right on the tarmac.
Benigno Aquino III
Home
Father
Never
Had
He
Returned
Because
Got
August
Hear
Prepared
Twenty-First
Right
Speech
We will revive the emergency employment program established by former President Corazon Aquino. This will provide jobs for local communities and will help in the development of their and our economy.
Benigno Aquino III
Will
President
Local
Our
Jobs
Emergency
Development
Economy
Employment
Provide
Revive
Established
Former
Communities
Help
Program
I want to make democracy work not only for the rich and the well connected but for everyone.
Benigno Aquino III
Work
Democracy
Rich
Everyone
Only
Well
Make
Want
Connected
With proper governance, life will improve for all.
Benigno Aquino III
Life
Will
Proper
Governance
Improve
The mandate given to me was one of change.
Benigno Aquino III
Me
Change
Given
Mandate
I will not only not steal, but I will run after thieves.
Benigno Aquino III
Will
Thieves
Run
Only
Steal
After
As you may know, the Millennium Challenge Corporation, or MCC, awards grants only to countries which rule justly, promote economic freedom, and invest in their people.
Benigno Aquino III
Freedom
You
People
Challenge
Rule
Corporation
Promote
Only
Economic
Economic Freedom
Invest
Countries
Know
May
Which
Justly
Grants
Awards
Millennium
The people want to go back to the time when democracy was in full bloom.
Benigno Aquino III
Time
Democracy
People
Back
Go
Bloom
Want
Full
I think President Obama, like myself, is a multitasker.
Benigno Aquino III
Myself
Think
President
President Obama
Obama
Like
The focus of my administration is, if somebody decides to work abroad, then it has to be from choice as opposed to necessity.
Benigno Aquino III
Work
Focus
Somebody
Administration
Abroad
Opposed
Decide
Then
Choice
Necessity
You may have the might, but that does not necessarily make you right.
Benigno Aquino III
You
Make
Does
May
Might
Right
Necessarily
We in the Philippines know we have to perform our own role in terms of promoting peace in the world. We are actually members of the U.N. peacekeeping forces in many areas.
Benigno Aquino III
Peace
World
Philippines
Own
Our
Members
Promoting
Area
Perform
Know
Terms
Forces
Role
Many
Peacekeeping
Actually
While I accept that there are certain things about my private life that will always be of interest to the public, it would be better if you give the same amount of attention to issues that matter as well.
Benigno Aquino III
Life
You
Better
Matter
Will
Would
Would-Be
About
Give
Attention
Well
Accept
Always
Issues
Private
Private Life
Same
While
Interest
Public
Certain
Certain Things
Amount
Things
My mother's style has always been consensus-generating.
Benigno Aquino III
Mother
Style
Always
Been
I've talked to so many people, so many institutions, about how China works.
Benigno Aquino III
People
About
Institutions
Talked
How
So Many People
China
Many
Works
If my father Ninoy Aquino were alive today, he would say that he is not superman or superboy. In effect, heroes are really just ordinary people caught up in extraordinary times and respond properly.
Benigno Aquino III
Today
People
Father
Heroes
Superman
Extraordinary
Say
Alive
Respond
Would
Properly
He
Caught
Were
Effect
Up
Times
Just
Ordinary
Ordinary People
Really
In politics, you must learn to say 'no' without offending people. That is an art that one must master: to satisfy a person even when you have to say 'no' to him.
Benigno Aquino III
Politics
Art
You
People
Master
Say
Must
Him
Learn
Without
Offending
Person
Even
Satisfy
Pictorial is something that I am not used to. You have to pose, smile, bend your arm, straighten up, look to the left.
Benigno Aquino III
Smile
You
Bend
Something
Pictorial
Arm
Look
Am
Left
Up
Straighten
Your
Used
Pose
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