In human life, economics precedes politics or culture.

I will be the president of the nation who keeps pledges.

I have no child to inherit my properties. You, the people, are my only family, and to make you happy is the reason I do politics.

I understand that the end does not justify the means. And this should be a lasting value for democracy.

I know more than anyone the divergent views about my father. I want to be judged on my own merits.

National partition is a sorrow that touches all Koreans, but for me it is brought to the fore by unimaginable personal suffering.

I believe that it is an unchanging value of democracy that ends cannot justify the means in politics.