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.

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

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.

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

Where do you draw the line between peace and justice? If you ask the victims, they want more justice; if you ask the potential victims, they want more peace.

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