To make peace, it is necessary to know how to make war.

My generation has not seen one single day of peace, and my dream is for my children and the children of all Colombians to have the change to see it. I hope the guerrilla understands that the time has come to leave this 50-year confrontation behind; that the time has come to change from bullets to votes, from weapons to argumentations; that the time has come for them to continue their struggle, but within democracy.

You can't settle a 50-year conflict in 52 weeks.

The rebels will be thinking about retaliation, what we have to do is stop; stop and transform it into a spiral of forgiveness and reconciliation.

The fight against drug trafficking by the Colombian government has been present, and the Americans themselves are the first to recognize that.

When you have another person take part in the interview, you must notify the interviewee.

I have the complete support of the military. I personally served in the navy.