Benigno Aquino III Quotes

Benigno Simeon "Noynoy" Cojuangco Aquino III is a Filipino politician who served as the 15th President of the Philippines from 2010 until 2016.Aquino is a fourth-generation politician and the chairman of the Liberal Party from 2010 to 2016. Born in Manila, Aquino finished his Bachelor of Arts from Ateneo de Manila University in 1981 and joined his family in their exile in the United States shortly thereafter. He returned to the Philippines in 1983 shortly after the assassination of his father and held several positions working in the private sector. In 1998, he was elected to the House of Representatives as Representative of the 2nd district of Tarlac province. He was subsequently re-elected to the House in 2001 and 2004. In 2007, having been barred from running for re-election to the House due to term limits, he was elected to the Senate in the 14th Congress of the Philippines.On September 9, 2009, shortly after the death of his mother, Aquino officially announced he would be a candidate in the 2010 presidential election. He was elected and on June 30, 2010 was sworn into office as the fifteenth President of the Philippines at the Quirino Grandstand in Rizal Park, Manila,, succeeding Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. He stepped down at the end of his term on June 30, 2016, succeeded by Rodrigo Duterte.

In 2013, Time named him one of the 100 Most Influential People in the World. In 2018 Aquino was indicted for budget misuse.

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Benigno Aquino III Quotes

“At what point do you say, ‘Enough is enough’? Well, the world has to say it — remember that the Sudetenland was given in an attempt to appease Hitler to prevent World War II.”

Benigno Aquino III

Comparing China to Nazi Germany to criticize China's assertive policy on dealing the South China Sea dispute. Keith Bradsher. Philippine Leader Sounds Alarm on China in New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/05/world/asia/philippine-leader-urges-international-help-in-resisting-chinas-sea-claims.html?_r=0 (4 February 2015)

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“If no one is corrupt, no one will be poor.”

Benigno Aquino III

Aquino's 2010 election campaign slogan. Inaugural Address of President Benigno S. Aquino III (English translation) http://www.gov.ph/2010/06/30/inaugural-address-of-president-benigno-s-aquino-iii-english-translation/ (30 June 2010)