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Fate has many faces.
Even money has a price.
I am just an ordinary man.
I need to control my mouth.
Steel is needed everywhere.
I've always hated oppression.
Rich people are afraid to die.
Whoever said I hated the media?
I don't want anyone controlling me.
I just want everybody to follow the law.
I don't mind giving 5,000 pardons a day.
My worry is how to protect the Filipino.
Freedom of expression is very important.
Gamble until you die. I do not really care.
Everyone gets sick, and everyone has to go.
I am a man of many flaws and contradictions.
I wear cheap shoes. I don't even wear socks.
Sometimes, my mouth can get the better of me.
I will retire with the reputation of Idi Amin.
I would rather die early than enter Malacanang.
Human rights must work to uplift human dignity.
I'm fine with gays. I have nothing against gays.
I will flight for the people until my last breath.
I've always said that God will somehow enlighten me.
Relax. I am not the man I am portrayed to be by some.
If you're a public official, your life is an open book.
If you are an upright journalist, nothing will happen to you.
I have no cancer. I have four illnesses, but they are not fatal.
The only reason there is peace and order in Davao is because of me.
Destiny is not designed by mere mortals like us. It is crafted by God.
For the record, I believe in God, but I do not believe in religion, period.
You cannot prevent me from talking. I am exercising my right to free speech.
From day one, I told people there are consequences for not abiding by the law.
For every profanity, there's a story behind it. People should go beyond my cussing.
We have a society now where obedience to the law is really a choice, an option only.
Erosion of faith and trust in government - that is the real problem that confronts us.
It is really the angling in the media that I do not like. That is how media can be rotten.
Let me be very clear: my friendship with my friends ends where the interest of the country begins.
I have to address the economic conditions of everybody, including, and perhaps first, those who are poor.
I slap people in public, especially erring policemen. I can even challenge them to a duel. I am a gunfighter.
I do not like the way oppressed Filipinos are being treated now. They are oppressed and have no one to turn to.
I have this deep and abiding faith in God. But this does not mean that you have to have a religion or follow somebody.
God does not discriminate against people, regardless of color, religion, social class, or gender and sexual preferences.
To all my political opponents, all and sundry, not only the presidential bets, I would like to offer my hand to friendship.
What you should worry about is how you suffer here on this planet. You do not worry about suffering after you make the exit.
You have to support the government, not to me personally; I do not want anyone cultivating loyalty to me. I don't like that.
I don't care if you will get angry with me, but I am not open to a compromise. Contractualization must go. It is anti-people.
I really do not know. I really do not know how to solve the problem of the Philippines. I cannot be the savior of this republic.
As a lawyer and a former prosecutor, I know the limits of the power and authority of the president. I know what is legal and what is not.
I am a lawyer and 22 years the mayor of Davao City. I served as congressman of the first district for one term, and I was vice mayor to my daughter, Inday.