Benigno Aquino III
Benigno Aquino III

With proper governance, life will improve for all.

Benigno Aquino III
Benigno Aquino III

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
Benigno Aquino III

The message has to be sent that if you commit a crime there has to be punishment.

Benigno Aquino III
Benigno Aquino III

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
Benigno Aquino III

Tourism is a crucial industry that could employ millions of Filipinos, skilled and unskilled alike, cross those 7,107 islands of the Philippines. From the current projection of 3.3 million tourist arrivals in 2010, our aim is to eventually attract 6 million tourists. In the process, we expect to create 3 million jobs in the next six years.

Benigno Aquino III
Benigno Aquino III

Strategic partnership is based on a shared set of values.

Benigno Aquino III
Benigno Aquino III

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
Benigno Aquino III

Anytime emotions are involved, you cannot come up with an impartial and objective assessment of any given problem.

Benigno Aquino III
Benigno Aquino III

I want to make democracy work not only for the rich and the well connected but for everyone.

Benigno Aquino III
Benigno Aquino III

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
Benigno Aquino III

The United States is a key ally, a strategic partner, and a reliable friend of the Philippines.

Benigno Aquino III
Benigno Aquino III

If we say yes to something we believe is wrong now, what guarantee is there that the wrong will not be further exacerbated down the line?

Benigno Aquino III
Benigno Aquino III

When my father was assassinated, I decided that I would not compete with his memory, but the priority would be to achieve his dream.

Benigno Aquino III
Benigno Aquino III

Both President Obama and I shared the conviction that territorial and maritime disputes in the Asia Pacific region should be settled peacefully based on international law. We affirm that arbitration is an open, friendly and peaceful approach to seeking a just and durable solution.

Benigno Aquino III
Benigno Aquino III

My administration's compact with the Filipino people will demand no less than the attainment of lasting peace and equitable prosperity. We will employ all the tools at our disposal to achieve this.

Benigno Aquino III
Benigno Aquino III

Typhoon Haiyan showed the entire world how vulnerable the Philippines as well as other developing countries are to natural disasters.

Benigno Aquino III
Benigno Aquino III

When the Walkman was the craze in my generation, I was one of the first to have it.

Benigno Aquino III
Benigno Aquino III

I've talked to so many people, so many institutions, about how China works.

Benigno Aquino III
Benigno Aquino III

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
Benigno Aquino III

There is a theory that China will tend to push, and if you bend, they will push some more.