Here are some of Senator Dick Gordon’s Quotable Quotes grabbed from NU107 Rock Ed program.

• You always look at history. We used to be number one. Now we’re last because of ineffective leadership. Look at your son and tell yourself I’m going to vote because your future is in the balance. Vote for the candidate because he will be effective for you, because he can change your life. Cooperate with him and work with him.

• I trusted the youth (in Subic). I still do. I want them to learn that there is a world out there to be won. You don’t inherit the world because you are young. It is a very competitive world. Always be a leader. Take extra time to be a leader. Somebody throws you mud, it will peel off by itself. It will dry up by itself.

• I’ve saved lives. I’ve helped people. I don’t count. I send people to school. I don’t remember their names. I try not to. The best thing is someone coming up to me telling me that I helped them.

• The ombudsman must be elected not appointed by the president.

• The best way to solve a crime is immediately after it happens.

• Aim high. Bawal ang tamad.

• No I won’t abolish E-VAT. Even if I lose your vote, I will tell you the truth. I want people to discern.

• Lead by example.

• DEATH PENALTY: My father was assassinated. I am for the death penalty but I asked for its abolishment because we do not have the capability (to investigate).

• I think everybody is entitled to a quality education. Are you ready to pay P.50 for text para makapag-aral ang anak ng driver niyo (so he can also have a bright future)?

• A quality population is what we need. I would rather be responsible and not interfere. Work, save and invest.

• I am not arrogant. I am only assertive. I am frank, candid, straight forward. I get the job done.

• What this country needs is not a change in men, but a change in men. Do what you are supposed to do. We must do it together. The Filipino must be caring, compassion, competent, competitive, united, tolerant.

• DAY 1 AS PRESIDENT: I’ll tell everybody my phone number. You can text me or call me. Just don’t ask for load. You can call or text me. If you see something wrong, tell me. If you need help, tell me.

• You see when people vote, they choose the nice guy. The guy they feel they can talk to. They don’t vote for the tough guy who’ll get the job done.

• Nothing good is easy to get. The hardest things to leave are the hardest things to work for. If I don’t win it, fine. I a win, great. But I’m going to be myself.

• You can’t say I don’t know. You say I’ll find out. If people say your rude, you take it like a man. You stand up.

• If we put in Kindle and buy 17M of those, we can bring the price down. We can put 9,000 books in it. The students will feel that I am important, my country loves me. You give the teachers P40,000/month, they will feel, “oh”, the best teachers will come.

• I like Braveheart because its very Filipino. May mga Ilustrados, Indios. I will tell you where I stand and I will never leave you…kahit lumulubog na ang barko.

• I want to raise you (the Philippines) up to the level I want you to be.

• You shouldn’t (just) believe in TV ads. You should research.

• Surveys are paid for by people. You can have your own surveys. But don’t try to condition my mind. Its not a horse race. Singapore was biting the dust behind us. Now we’re biting the dust behind them.

• Make fear your friend.

• I like people who give back to the country. I do not like people who know what they do not want, but do not know what they want.

• I say no to people who ask me for money. I tell them gusto mo ba nakawan kita?

• I’d rather fix the world than rule the world.