Words matter. These are the best Juan Manuel Santos Quotes, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.
There is a lot of inequality in Colombia. We have to correct that.
Simply to have peace brings huge investment.
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.
The FARC has given up their arms. They are now a political party. They are now doing politics, which is what a peace process was all about.
Colombia has a huge variety of plant and animal species, and we have enormous potential. Small and mid-sized companies should come to Colombia. From here, they have access to the entire Latin American market.
No one has hit the FARC harder than I. But all wars have to end at some point, and that requires a negotiated solution.
Europe would be well advised to pay more attention to Latin America. The emerging economies are the engines of the global economy. Colombia has done too little to improve its reputation in Europe.
I want total peace for Colombia.
Europe would be well advised to pay more attention to Latin America. The emerging economies are the engines of the global economy. Colombia has done too little to improve its reputation in Europe.
Simply to have peace brings huge investment.
There is land in Colombia, fortunately, for everybody. We don’t have to expropriate land from people who are cultivating that land legally.
Believe me, it is much harder to make peace than war.
Colombia has a huge variety of plant and animal species, and we have enormous potential. Small and mid-sized companies should come to Colombia. From here, they have access to the entire Latin American market.
Believe me, it is much harder to make peace than war.
Corruption is one of the high priorities of my agenda.
No one has hit the FARC harder than I. But all wars have to end at some point, and that requires a negotiated solution.
If you go around Colombia or Latin America, without doubt you will find that 80 per cent of the time, you’re discussing the past and only 20 per cent about the future.
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.
We want to be a country with a competitive edge in the world. And a country with a solid democracy. To do that, we need to attack the social problems, and extreme poverty is probably the worst of those.
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.
That is why every military officer fights – so that there may be peace.
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.
There is a lot of inequality in Colombia. We have to correct that.
I want total peace for Colombia.
We in Colombia always hope for Venezuela to prosper.
I think that we are trying to move towards the First World slowly but surely. But we must do a good job for the people left way behind. That’s why extreme poverty, for us, is a priority.
I say that building peace is like building a cathedral. You have to have a solid base, and then you do it brick by brick. But the process is irreversible. There’s no way back.
My ideal – and here, the sky is the limit – is to attract foreign investment via concessions.
I am a believer in free trade, fair free trade.
Corruption is one of the high priorities of my agenda.
That’s what peace processes are about – changing bullets for votes.
I think that we are trying to move towards the First World slowly but surely. But we must do a good job for the people left way behind. That’s why extreme poverty, for us, is a priority.
That is why every military officer fights – so that there may be peace.
People in the U.K. don’t imagine what it is to live in extreme poverty here in Colombia or anywhere in the so-called Third World.
It’s in the interest of the U.S. to maintain a strong democracy in Colombia.
I say that building peace is like building a cathedral. You have to have a solid base, and then you do it brick by brick. But the process is irreversible. There’s no way back.
The FARC has given up their arms. They are now a political party. They are now doing politics, which is what a peace process was all about.
My ideal – and here, the sky is the limit – is to attract foreign investment via concessions.
We want to be a country with a competitive edge in the world. And a country with a solid democracy. To do that, we need to attack the social problems, and extreme poverty is probably the worst of those.
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.
There have been many examples in the world of people doing crazy things because they want to keep war going.
It’s in the interest of the U.S. to maintain a strong democracy in Colombia.
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.
Protectionism is something that will hurt everybody, but especially the United States.
That’s what peace processes are about – changing bullets for votes.
