One Doesn't Make Peace With One's Friends.

For Many Years, They Said The Drug Lords In Colombia Were Unbeatable, But All The Same, We've Eliminated All The Big Capos (as The Drug Lords Are Called In Colombia). The Homicide Rate Is As Low As It Was 40 Years Ago And The Kidnapping Rate Has Dropped To The Level Of 1964. Now We'll Be Able To Bring Down The Street Criminals Specializing In Extortion And Robbery.

I Don't Like To Generate Too Many Expectations.

Waging War Is Much More Popular Than Negotiating, Because There You Need To Compromise.

You Can't Settle A 50-year Conflict In 52 Weeks.

It Was Shameful That, After Haiti, Colombia Was The Second Most Unequal Country In Latin America. But We've Achieved Some Things; The Inequality Is Coming Down, And Coming Down Fast. The Growing Economy Has Provided Us With The Funds To Finance A Very Progressive Social Policy That Has Reduced Extreme Poverty. We Have The Lowest Inflation Rate Of All Latin-america Countries And The Highest Growth Rate.