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State of the Nation Adress
Submitted by: Merryl Angelic C. Borja
An annual address by the President of the Philippines to the Congress of the Philippines.
State of the Nation Adress
Submitted by: Merryl Angelic C. Borja
An annual address by the President of the Philippines to the Congress of the Philippines.
08
Fall
08
Fall

Colegio de San Juan de Letran
Colegio de San Juan de Letran

Vice President Jejomar Binay; Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile; Speaker Feliciano Belmonte Jr.; Former Presidents Fidel Valdez Ramos and Joseph Ejercito Estrada; Honorable Justices of the Supreme Court; Honorable members of the diplomatic corps; Members of the House of Representatives and the Senate; Local Government Officials; Members of the Cabinet; Members of the Armed Forces and the Philippine National Police; Excellencies, Friends and to my fellow servants of the Filipino people, my beloved countrymen.
This country needs heroes, not political saviors. The saviors might never come, after all, and we have been waiting for more than 400 years now for those who will lead the overhauling of this society. As what Barrack Obama have said We should believe that in a country where every race and faith and point of view can be found, we are still bound together as one people; that we share common hopes and a common creed; And I do believe in that also.
I also believe that congress is the “seat of reason” and executive is the “seat of will.” As your president, we are indispensable to each other. Reason without the power of will is impotent, and will unaided by reason degenerates into brute and force. Thus it is that you and I are bound to each other and crisis strengthens this inter­dependence. And we are in crisis. And so I come to you not as a partyman, for it is my fervent hope that I shall always conduct myself as a President of all the people.
Our Administration has crafted a proposed 2013 Budget that supports rapid, inclusive and sustained economic growth by

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