One doesn't make peace with one's friends. One makes peace with one's enemies.

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

The fight against drug trafficking by the Colombian government has been present, and the Americans themselves are the first to recognize that.

We must rebuild Colombia, starting with ourselves, our hearts, put resentment aside, put hatred aside, put envy aside. The only thing that those attitudes accomplish is to sow violence and sow death and suffering.

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

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.

It's in the interest of the U.S. to maintain a strong democracy in Colombia.