Uribe and I have very good relations. I owe him loyalty, I admire him, he did great things for our country, and I think that because of what he did, I can now concentrate on different issues, different from what he concentrated on.

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

There are times for making war and times for making peace.

Colombians do not like the FARC. In fact, 95 percent reject the FARC.

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

Colombia has a big market that is growing because we are elevating people out of poverty and into the middle class.

A perfect peace is not possible; it doesn't exist.