We are of course a nation of differences. Those differences don't make us weak. They're the source of our strength.

People make a big fuss over you when you're President. But I'm very serious about doing everything I can to make sure that it doesn't go to my head.

Like music and art, love of nature is a common language that can transcend political or social boundaries.

I am no big shot. I am not anybody's boss. I want to be everybody's servant.

The preeminent obstacle to peace is Israel's colonization of Palestine.

I believe that the boycott that we have against Cuba is counterproductive, and it also makes the twelve million or so Cuban people suffer unnecessarily just because of a foolish policy of the United States.

At the beginning of this year also, I called upon the North Korean side to open dialog between the responsible authorities of the South and the North at any place, at any time, and at any level, in order to prevent a recurrence of war and to cooperate to speed up the peaceful unification of our fatherland. However, no sincere response has yet been made by North Korea.