"Do not hope I'll change my character. I am I and you are you. If we meet in one corner and we understand each other... if not, eh 'di pasensiya, talagang magmumura ako maski sino," he said.
His cursing, Duterte explained, happens because he is angry. He said he could not be expected to be a "proper statesman" when it comes to matters that infuriate him.
Duterte added: "What if I say to you now I'm an atheist? An agnostic? Pero naniniwala ako sa Diyos, style lang 'yan (But I believe in God, that's just my style.)"
Duterte, Davao City mayor for over two decades, makes no secret of his disdain for crime, corruption, and illegal drugs. Eradicating all 3 was among his key promises in the 2016 campaign.
Since Duterte's first full day as Chief Executive on July 1, the government has launched an all-out campaign against illegal drugs.
While it has the support of many Filipinos, the country's "war on drugs" has also earned the ire of human rights groups, non-governmental organizations, and even the UN and the US, particularly over the rising death toll with direct or suspected links to the campaign.
But if we can see, this war against drugs is so powerful because drug lords now are hopeless and this is a good sign to our country.
President Duterte reiterated that he would not bow down to any external pressure related to his war on drugs.
"I will not relent on this (war in drugs) because this hurts the very existence of my country. Even if the US will do everything to make us, me, kneel down, I will not," he said.