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.

If we act together on the drug problem, with a comprehensive vision devoid of ideological or political biases, we will be able to prevent much harm and violence!

Good friends don't have to visit each other every day.

Democracy is like three oxen pulling a plough. The oxen are the independent powers, but you have to walk in the same direction; otherwise, you cannot plough and that is what was happening in Colombia. One ox was walking in one direction, the other in another direction, so the democracy was not working.

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

I want to see Colombian youth become the best-educated in Latin America by 2025.

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