It was shameful that, after Haiti, Colombia was the second most unequal country in Latin America. But we've achieved some things; the inequality is coming down, and coming down fast. The growing economy has provided us with the funds to finance a very progressive social policy that has reduced extreme poverty. We have the lowest inflation rate of all Latin-America countries and the highest growth rate.

Waging war is much more popular than negotiating, because there you need to compromise.

Unfortunately, my rivals are spreading all kinds of suspicions for political reasons that are absolutely not true. They've tried accusing me of agreeing to dismantle the army, of jeopardizing private property, of giving the pensions of policemen to the guerillas - all kinds of lies. What they want is for people to be afraid of peace.

Today, we must acknowledge, that war has not been won.

I fight terrorism as if there was no peace process, and I negotiate the peace process as if there was no terrorism.

The notion that you do not negotiate with terrorists is not the history of humanity or of the world.

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