We have had this happen in the past, right in Colombia: there were amnesties for everybody, guerrilla members were elected mayors, senators. Today there are senators who are - who were previously guerrillas.

I would never accept general impunity for the guerrillas!

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

In any symmetrical war in today's world, it is necessary to have regional support.

Ten years ago, we were seen as a virtually failed state, but today we are a vibrant democracy. You can walk safely through the streets of Bogota these days.

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

No one, no one has hit the FARC harder than I have.