“My obsession is to provide food and jobs to people in Tarlac. The prov...” — Benigno Aquino III Quote

“My obsession is to provide food and jobs to people in Tarlac. The province is primarily an agricultural province; food security tops the priority.”

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

“Perhaps the strongest signal of reengagement with Southeast Asia was the U.S.'s accession to the Southeast Asian Treaty of Amity and Cooperation.”

“When you cook, you get to shop. You get to vote if you want the pastured raised pork or the organic grain. You can get to help produce your agricultural system, and you give that up when you outsource your cooking. You become dependent on what's offered - and that's a shame.”

“Agricultural products ranging from citrus and dairy to beef and chicken face stifling tariffs or nontariff barriers in many countries around the world.”

“I got a cable from New York saying that what I'd written about the growth of Soviet agricultural production didn't make sense because the same levels were reached under the czars. I wanted to confirm it, but by then the censors were on to me.”