You know when I left Manila this morning, it was slightly, it was slightly raining. And immediately my staff called me from the office and said, Ma'am there is a problem about our campus tour. It's lightly raining, it's drizzling, and the traffic is very heavy. So I said, do not worry, I will go.
I have a secret. I will abolish these two obstacles. We will have light traffic and the rain will stop. I am going to pray to Our Lady of Perpetual Health. I also pray for those who steal money from the government.
When I became president, they all did it. I will lock them up, every single one. And the other thieves, the presidents run, the strong ones.
I will not pick up lines. If not, I'll tell you a story. Wait a minute.
Juan said, In 2013, my father ran for mayor. Pedro said, Wow! What is he doing now?
Juan said, Nothing. He won. Question.
Why can't the politician hold up? Answer. Professional courtesy of the robber.
Question. If the opposite of pro is con, what is the opposite of progress? Answer.
What is the opposite of progress? Answer. Congress. Finally, tanong, lahat ba ng fairy tale nagsisimula sa once upon a time? Sagot, hindi.
Ang iba'y nagsisimula sa kung iboto ninyo ako. This is a country that is in the grip of poverty. What we need are genuine leaders, leaders from our young people in the universities, like the University of Perpetual Health. Our presidents should come from the good people.
And the campuses that are behind that, you can see the teachers that are qualified and will give a sense of values to our society. That is the University of Perpetual Health Campus. You know, the way your campus looks inside, you have a quadrangle where all the students go from point to point in the campus. But they all meet each other in the quadrangle. That's the look of your campus.
That's why it looks like I returned to my schools in America and in Europe. I hope, I have no doubt, that... I have no doubt that the graduates of this university will someday be some of the leaders of our country and real leaders, not leaders who are hypocritical and steal a lot of money. You're kidding me. A billion dollars of our citizens' money.
They're taking it and giving it to themselves. They are still stealing while they are stealing. Then, you know what happens? They are stealing money from the government.
Then, when they are stealing, they will give it back when the election is again. For example, they will give or return the money they stole to the voters. Now, when they were told by their friends, They fought again, so there's no end. What happened, our ladies and gentlemen of Perpetual Plunder.
That is why we pray to God's mother, not to God's mother because God has no mother, but to God's mother, the Lord. We pray to God that in this united country where most of the people's hard-earned money goes to the private pockets of crooks and criminals, We pray that Our Lady of Perpetual Health will come, descend to the Filipino people, choose our values, and make us a better world. which are faith, hope, and charity.
We have faith that the Filipino people will very soon rise above their immoral values. We have hope that this will come true during our lifetime. And finally, and that we shall all have charity for each other. Ngayon pa lang nakikita mo na, maynong tayong kampanya para pagka-presidente, they can have their children.
sa mga kabataan, anong problema ng bansa? Kailangan makapagbigay tayo ng mga dalawang milyon na trabaho sa ating mamayan. Walang kubikilos eh.
We all say that we want jobs and the candidates say they will give jobs. But it has never happened. That's because they don't mean what they say. In order to provide employment, we have to have additional jobs. In order to have new jobs, we have to have new businesses.
In order to have new businesses, we must get capital, both from the local... Filipino businessmen and from the important capitalists. That is the first thing to be done.
The first thing to be done is to create 2 million jobs. Second, the next and more important thing is we must have faith in ourselves. Not just the Filipinos, but always.
Pinaglalaruan ang pangalang Pilipino. Parang wala tayong pagmamalaki sa sarili. I tell you, I have been abroad many times.
I have lived in several countries. I have competed with other nationalities. And I tell you that insofar as natural resources are concerned, there is no better than the Filipino. Magaling ang Pilipino. There is nothing to hold the Filipino back except our own lack of self-confidence.
Parang sinasabi natin, ganyan na talaga yung Pilipinas eh. Puno nang magnanakaw. Wala na tayong magawa pa kung hindi mag-OFW na lang tayo o kaya magnakaw din tayo kamuka ng iba. Hindi iyan na masasabi ng nageskwela sa University of Perpetual Health.
Hindi sasabihin iyan kailanman. It's very hard, I'm telling you, behind my back, it's very hard to fight those who steal money. Because they will get angry and they will get angry, they will pay, they will steal from their black propagandists. There are many, many people like this, who are almost shameless.
Pero kung magdadaig sila, di ibig sabihin wala na palang Diyos ang ating mundo. But we have been told, every hair on your head has been counted by God. Kaya alalahanin natin iyan.
While we are graduating and looking for a job, let us remember that there is someone who cares for us. That is the Lord. So, don't be sad for our country or for yourself. This country loves you. And you may not be aware of it, but we love this country with all our hearts.
That's why. I will not be sad no matter what they do to me. I've told them a few times to fight, but they don't want to.
It's really hard. I see that my neighbors are getting richer, and I'm not getting any better. I'm only plain middle-class Filipina.
Parang naawa ako, pero sugod pa rin ako ng sugod dahil kailanman hindi tayo magpatalo sa mga ito. So, we remember the words of the poet, It matters not how straight the gate, how charged with punishments the scroll, I am the master of my faith. I am the captain of my soul.
Ladies and gentlemen of Binyan Laguna, help me. Help me to make our country transform itself into the master of our faith and the captain of our souls. Thank you.