Targeted remarks to personalities and institutions

• On US Ambassador Philip Goldberg: We were speaking to Kerry, he's OK but I had a fight with their ambassador, that gay son of a whore. He pissed me off. He was meddling in the elections, giving statements here and there. He wasn't supposed to do that.
  • Philippines' Rodrigo Duterte insults US envoy with homophobic slur, The Guardian (10 August 2016)

• On Pope Francis' visit to the Philippines causing traffic jams: Gusto kong tawagan, ‘Pope putang ina ka, umuwi ka na. ‘Wag ka nang magbisita dito. (Pope, you son of a bitch, go home. Don’t visit here anymore.)
  • Duterte curses Pope Francis over traffic during his visit

• On Canadian PM Justin Trudeau: For God's sake, Mr. Trudeau, my own citizens are rebelling against us; killing my soldiers and policemen and civilians. And I cannot use the helicopter because they are citizens but they are out to overthrow my government. If you cannot understand [that], you should not be there in that mighty post of yours. Because you do not know the history of the world and geopolitics.
  • Philippines president questions whether Trudeau understands history, politics

• On UN Special Rapporteur Agnès Callamard: Kaya sabi ko, Callamard, kung imbestigahan mo ako, sampalin kita. (That's why I told Callamard, if you investigate me, I'll slap you.)
  • Interaksyon WATCH | Duterte again hits Callamard: ‘Kung imbestigahan mo ako, sampalin kita!’

• Mr. Obama, you can go to hell.
  • Philippine President to Obama: 'Go to Hell'

• New York Times… Asshole, asshole. You cannot even criticize your own mistake. Invading a country, making up excuses before the world that is not true, then you have the gall to say stop. You better stop your publishing.
  • Duterte to New York Times: ‘You better stop your publishing’

• On the International Criminal Court: I said you’re all bullshit. They want to send me to prison and try me for genocide… They are a bunch of criminals, they cannot even show me how they died, when they died, where. Nothing.
  • Duterte slams ICC anew: ‘They are a bunch of criminals, bullshits, idiots’

• He must be stupid, this ex-President of Colombia [saying] Duterte is committing the same mistake. We cannot, never be on the same mistake because I am not stupid; you are.
  • ‘I’m not stupid; you are,’ Duterte tells Colombia’s Gaviria

• On Chelsea Clinton: When your father was screwing Lewinsky and the rest of the young girls there in the office of the president, on the table, on the floor, on the sofa, did you raise any criticism?
  • Duterte slams Chelsea Clinton again for rape joke criticism

• On Vice President Leni Robredo: I don’t think she can ever be ready to govern a country. Reason? Incompetence. She’s not capable of running a country like this, Philippines.
  • Duterte calls Robredo 'incompetent' ABS-CBN news

• On the Commission on Audit of the Philippines: Putangina 'yang COA na 'yan. Letse kasi yung COA, everytime may mali talaga. Ano ba naman itong COA na ito? Kung magkidnap tayo ng taga-COA, lagay natin, i-torture natin dito, 'tangina. (Those sons of bitches in COA. That COA, everytime, there is always something wrong. What's up with this COA? What if we kidnap someone from COA, we torture them here? Sons of bitches.)
  • Duterte jokes: Let's kidnap, torture COA personnel

• On former Supreme Court Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno: Talagang dapat paalisin ka, noon pa. Bobo ka na, putang ina, kung anong pinagsasabi mo. (That’s why you really have to go, even back then. You're already stupid, son of a bitch, you keep on saying all sorts of things.) I’m putting you on notice that I’m your enemy and you have to be out of the Supreme Court. I will see to it. And after that, I will request Congress go to the impeachment right away.
  • Duterte calls for resignation of ‘ignorant’ Sereno

• On former Solicitor-General and 2019 opposition senatorial candidate Florin Hilbay: He acts like a man and pretends that Agot is his girlfriend. Be true to yourself. You're gay. Don't hide behind a cover. You were made by God. God made a mistake. Just because he's a God does not mean he is incapable of making mistakes.
  • Duterte: God made a mistake, Hilbay is gay

• On former Bayan Muna representative Teddy Casiño: Ikaw, Teddy, 'yung ulo mo sobrang laki (You, Teddy, your head is so big). That's the problem with an excess brain, it does not work at all...Huwag ka masyadong hambog, wala kang ipakitang ano (Don't be too arrogant, you have nothing to show for it).
  • Duterte hits Teddy Casiño for past 'arrogant' behavior

• On local media networks: Inquirer, mga bullshit kayo, pati 'yang ABS-CBN, basura 'yang inano ninyo. Dapat may magsabi sa inyo ngayon, mga putang ina ninyo, sinobrahan 'nyo ang kalokohan ninyo. (Inquirer, you’re bullshit, also ABS-CBN, what you report is trash. Someone should tell you, you sons of bitches, you’re going overboard with your nonsense.)
  • Duterte tells 'rude' media: Beware of 'karma'

• On Filipino lawyer Chel Diokno: Ito si Diokno magsalita parang janitor. At saka tumakbo ka ng senador, eh hindi kayo binoto ng tao. Alam mo kung bakit? Pwede kitang biruin? Huwag kang magalit. Alam mo kung bakit hindi ka nanalo? Kasi kalaki ng ngipin mo. Magsalita kalahati ng panga mo lumalabas...Bakit ganun? Binabastos kita? Eh putang ina, galit ako sa iyo. Sumobra ka. Sige subukan mo. (This Diokno speaks like a janitor. You ran for senate, and people did not vote for you. You know why? Can you take a joke? Don't be angry. You know why you lost? Because your teeth are too big. When you speak, half of your jaw juts out...Why? Am I being vulgar to you? Son of a whore, I am angry at you. You went too far. Try me.
  • Talk to the Nation on COVID-19 (April 3, 2020)

On criticism

• Do not hesistate to attack me, criticize me, if I do wrong in my job. It is your duty.
  • Philstar, Duterte to media: You can criticize me as long as it’s true (September 2016)

• Anybody can criticize me, except for foreigners.
  • The Manila Times, Duterte: ‘Anybody can criticize me, except foreigners’ (May 2018)

• When you criticize me, do not use the platform of God... Do not take God's name in vain because pag-resbak ko, makasali ko na 'yung Panginoong Diyos. (when I retaliate, I will include God)
  • GMA News Online, Expats living in the PHL have no right to criticize me – Duterte (July 2018)