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LIST: Duterte’s quotable quotes

Raffy Cabristante, ABS-CBN News

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="President Rodrigo Duterte holds a meeting with key government officials at the Arcadia Active Lifestyle Center in Matina, Davao City on April 26, 2022. Ace Morandante, Presidential Photo/File" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2022/news/04/27/20220426-duterte-talk-to-the-people-mnib3-2.jpg"/><figcaption>President Rodrigo Duterte holds a meeting with key government officials at the Arcadia Active Lifestyle Center in Matina, Davao City on April 26, 2022.<em> Ace Morandante, Presidential Photo/File</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA — Outgoing President Rodrigo Duterte has been known for his trademark tough talk, with some of his pronouncements raising eyebrows from various sectors.</p><p>As Duterte steps down from office, here are 10 quotes that reflected some of his major policies.</p><div><strong>1. &quot;Hitler massacred 3 million Jews. There are 3 million drug addicts. I&#x27;ll be happy to slaughter them.&quot;</strong></div><p>In September 2016, just 3 months into his term, Duterte said he would be happy to slaughter 3 million drug addicts, in reference to the war on drugs, even comparing his actions to German dictator Adolf Hitler.</p><p>American senators, including Ben Cardin, expressed concern over Duterte&#x27;s pronouncements, but the President told them not to interfere with Philippine affairs and to stop being hypocrites.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/09/30/16/duterte-cites-hitler-id-be-happy-to-slaughter-3-million">Duterte cites Hitler: I&#x27;d be happy to slaughter 3 million</a></li></ul><div><strong>2. &quot;I am a president of a sovereign state and we have long ceased to be a colony. I do not have any master except the Filipino people, nobody but nobody... P***** i** mo, mumurahin kita sa forum na iyan.&quot;</strong></div><p>Duterte also raised eyebrows when he cursed former US President Barack Obama in September 2016, calling him a &quot;son of a w****&quot; and telling the latter not to question him about extra-judicial killings when they meet at a regional summit in Laos.</p><p>This was after Washington also expressed concern about a reported surge in drug-related killings since Duterte was sworn into office.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/09/05/16/duterte-calls-obama-a-son-of-a-w">Duterte calls Obama a &#x27;son of a w****&#x27;</a></li></ul><div><strong>3. &quot;Just because you are a journalist you are exempted from assassination… Freedom of expression cannot help you if you have done something wrong.”</strong></div><p>A month before he stepped into office, Duterte was asked how his then-incoming administration would solve media killings.</p><p>The then-President-elect replied that the freedom of the press, which is enshrined in the Constitution, cannot protect a journalist from being killed, especially if he was a &quot;son of a b****.&quot;</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/focus/05/31/16/duterte-journalists-are-killed-for-being-corrupt">Duterte: Journalists are killed for being corrupt</a></li></ul><div><strong>4. “If you are expecting na ma-renew ‘yan [prangkisa ng ABS-CBN], I am sorry. I will see to it that you are out.&quot;</strong></div><p>In December 2019, Duterte told ABS-CBN Corp. that he will not renew the network&#x27;s broadcast franchise.</p><p>On May 5, 2020, the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) ordered the network to stop broadcasting after its franchise had expired. Congress would later deny its renewal application 2 months later.</p><p>Despite Duterte&#x27;s public threats against the network, Malacañang had maintained that it would remain neutral amid the franchise renewal controversy.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/07/10/20/palace-claims-neutrality-as-congress-fulfills-duterte-threat-against-abs-cbn-franchise">Palace claims neutrality as Congress fulfills Duterte threat against ABS-CBN franchise</a></li></ul><div><strong>5. &quot;I love China, it has helped us a bit. But it behooves upon us to ask, is it right for a country to claim the whole ocean?&quot;</strong></div><p>Duterte was known for his friendly pivot towards China, amid enduring tensions over the West Philippine Sea. </p><p>Even while he was being convinced to raise Manila&#x27;s victory in a 2016 ruling by the Permanent Court of Arbitration, he said he could not do so because the country could not afford to go to war.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/05/31/19/duterte-says-loves-china-but-asks-is-it-right-for-a-country-to-claim-whole-ocean">Duterte says loves China but asks: &#x27;Is it right for a country to claim whole ocean?&#x27;</a></li></ul><div><strong>6. &quot;Actually sa usapang bugoy, sabihin ko sa ‘yo, bigay mo sa akin, sabihin ko, ‘P***** *** papel lang ‘yan, itatapon ko ‘yan sa wastebasket.&#x27;&quot;</strong></div><p>In May 2021, Duterte said that he did not honor the 2016 Permanent Court of Arbitration ruling in the Philippines&#x27; favor over the South China Sea. </p><p>He said the ruling was just a piece of &quot;paper&quot; that meant nothing, and that he would rather throw it in a wastebasket.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/05/06/21/duterte-china-arbitral-ruling-west-philippine-sea">Duterte calls Philippine arbitral victory vs China a piece of &#x27;paper&#x27; that led to nothing</a></li></ul><div><strong>7. &quot;Don&#x27;t get me wrong. There is a crisis being faced in this country. There is a national emergency. Kung ayaw mong magpabakuna, ipaaresto kita.&quot;</strong></div><p>Duterte&#x27;s &quot;tough talk&quot; persisted even throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.</p><p>He called on the public to get vaccinated against the coronavirus, and even telling authorities to vaccinate people in their sleep.</p><p>He also said those who didn&#x27;t want to get vaccinated should just leave the country and go somewhere else.</p><p>Malacañang later downplayed his statements &quot;as a joke.&quot;</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/06/22/21/duterte-get-vaccinated-or-ill-send-you-to-jail">Duterte: Get vaccinated or I’ll send you to jail</a></li></ul><div><strong>8. &quot;Who is this stupid God? Estupido talaga itong p***** i** kung ganun. You created some ... something perfect and then you think of an event that would tempt and destroy the quality of your work.&quot;</strong></div><p>In 2018, Duterte took on God Himself after his then-recent tirades on the Catholic Church.</p><p>The President, a Catholic, had begun by saying that he found it foolish for God to create something &quot;perfect&quot; and then allow the first humans, Adam and Eve, to ruin it by bringing sin into existence because of the forbidden fruit.</p><p>In November 2015, while still running for president, Duterte cursed Pope Francis, but later clarified that his expletive-laden speech was not directed towards the Holy See but rather the government&#x27;s security preparations that led to the closure of roads during the Pope&#x27;s visit to the country in January of that year.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/06/23/18/duterte-asks-who-is-this-stupid-god">Duterte asks: &#x27;Who is this stupid God?&#x27;</a></li>	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/nation/11/30/15/duterte-under-fire-for-cursing-pope-francis">Duterte under fire for cursing Pope Francis</a></li></ul><div><strong>9. “Sinasabi ko I can clean it in six months. Then after that, I realized na nagkamali talaga ako … Maybe it’s hubris. It was campaign time. Payabangan naman ’yang kampanya.&quot;</strong></div><p>During the 2016 campaign season, then-Mayor Duterte said that he would solve the country&#x27;s drug problem within 3 to 6 months.</p><p>But last April, 6 years later, he realized that making such promise was a mistake motivated by &quot;hubris&quot; brought the hype of the campaign.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/04/28/22/duterte-admits-wrong-to-promise-quick-end-to-drug-problem">Duterte on 2016 vow to end drug problem in 6 months: Maybe it’s my hubris</a></li></ul><div><strong>10. &quot;The war against illegal drugs will not be sidelined. Instead, it will be as relentless as chilling, if you will, as the day it began.&quot;</strong></div><p>During Duterte&#x27;s third State of the Nation Address (SONA) in 2018, the Drug War had been going on for 2 years already.</p><p>But even then, he assured that the his anti-drug policy will continue to be &quot;relentless,&quot; despite countless criticisms from rights groups.</p><p>Duterte had said that human rights advocates could not sway him to discontinue the drug war with protests. </p><p>&quot;Human rights, to me, means giving Filipinos especially those at the society&#x27;s fringes, a decent and dignified future through social and physical infrastructure necessary to better their lives and freedoms,&quot; he added. </p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/07/23/18/duterte-drug-war-to-be-relentless-chilling-as-day-1">Duterte: Drug war to be relentless, chilling as Day 1</a></li></ul><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO:</strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=2096276" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more News on <a href="https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news" target="_blank">iWantTFC</a></div>

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LIST: Duterte’s quotable quotes

Raffy Cabristante,

ABS-CBN News

Published June 30, 2022 10:57 AM PHT

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