“Duterte is clever and unorthodox in his foreign policy. He obviously made other world leaders listen and make things happen.” ~Senator Richard Gordon (November 2018)
“He was speaking to the whole world, an entire audience of the world, and people are looking at him. And the words the world wanted to hear — rule of law, dispatch in business, lack of corruption, justice for all men — was spoken in well crafted language for the high and low." ~Senator Richard Gordon on Pres RR Duterte's Inaugural Speech, 30 June 2016 (when reached by phone.)
"If we want our country to succeed, we need our President to succeed." ~Senator Gordon on Pres. RR Duterte, December 2016
"Malaki ang obligasyon ng gobyerno sa taumbayan. Pero higit na mas malaki ang obligasyon ng magulang sa kanilang mga anak." ~Dick Gordon on PTA (Parents Teachers Association
"There is utter lack of professionalism. Who would now testify? Tao ang tunay na talo. Binilad niyo yung tao. Inimbita niyo. Pinatay niyo. Ninakawan tayong lahat ng katarungan. Aanhin pa ang damo kung patay na ang kabayo." ~Dick Gordon, On the death of Mayor Espinosa (2016)
"We need to concentrate less on what he says and focus more on what he does.” ~Sen. Dick Gordon on President Duterte , 27 July 2017
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