Top 58 Quotes & Sayings by Rodrigo Duterte
Explore popular quotes and sayings by a Filipino statesman Rodrigo Duterte.
Last updated on December 3, 2024.
The state must protect the media. In a democracy, the role of media is very important. In the absence of a credible opposition party, you can rely on the media.
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 slap people in public, especially erring policemen. I can even challenge them to a duel. I am a gunfighter.
For the record, I believe in God, but I do not believe in religion, period.
I've always hated oppression.
I will retire with the reputation of Idi Amin.
Fate has many faces.
Lawyers are for only what is right.
If you are an upright journalist, nothing will happen to you.
It is really the angling in the media that I do not like. That is how media can be rotten.
Human rights must work to uplift human dignity.
Whoever said I hated the media?
I've always said that God will somehow enlighten me.
I would rather die early than enter Malacanang.
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.
If you're a public official, your life is an open book.
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.
From day one, I told people there are consequences for not abiding by the law.
Sometimes, my mouth can get the better of me.
No leader, however strong, can succeed at anything of national importance or significance unless he has the support and cooperation of the people he is tasked to lead and sworn to serve.
My worry is how to protect the Filipino.
I am just an ordinary man.
For every profanity, there's a story behind it. People should go beyond my cussing.
Gamble until you die. I do not really care.
Steel is needed everywhere.
You have to support the government, not to me personally; I do not want anyone cultivating loyalty to me. I don't like that.
You cannot prevent me from talking. I am exercising my right to free speech.
I don't mind giving 5,000 pardons a day.
I need to control my mouth.
Love of country, subordination of personal interests to the common good, concern and care for the helpless and the impoverished - these are among the lost and faded values that we seek to recover and revitalize as we commence our journey towards a better Philippines.
Freedom of expression is very important.
I am well. Do not worry about my health.
I am a man of many flaws and contradictions.
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 will flight for the people until my last breath.
The only reason there is peace and order in Davao is because of me.
Rich people are afraid to die.
To all my political opponents, all and sundry, not only the presidential bets, I would like to offer my hand to friendship.
I have to address the economic conditions of everybody, including, and perhaps first, those who are poor.
Destiny is not designed by mere mortals like us. It is crafted by God.
I just want everybody to follow the law.
I don't want anyone controlling me.
Let me be very clear: my friendship with my friends ends where the interest of the country begins.
Everyone gets sick, and everyone has to go.
I only want three children for every family. I'm a Christian, but I'm a realist, so we have to do something with our overpopulation. I will defy the opinion or the belief of the Church.
God does not discriminate against people, regardless of color, religion, social class, or gender and sexual preferences.
I'm fine with gays. I have nothing against gays.
Even money has a price.
Relax. I am not the man I am portrayed to be by some.
I wear cheap shoes. I don't even wear socks.
I have no cancer. I have four illnesses, but they are not fatal.
Erosion of faith and trust in government - that is the real problem that confronts us.
I have to build a new environment for the people. I will place them in ecozones and provide them assistance. I will build hospitals there. There will be economic activity.
We have a society now where obedience to the law is really a choice, an option only.
Many are asking what my credentials are and what I can do for the Philippines. They are telling me that they heard I am a womanizer. That is true. That is very true.
I have this deep and abiding faith in God. But this does not mean that you have to have a religion or follow somebody.
What you should worry about is how you suffer here on this planet. You do not worry about suffering after you make the exit.
I do not like the way oppressed Filipinos are being treated now. They are oppressed and have no one to turn to.
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