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

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)

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