We need fundamental change. In the past, national development led to people's happiness but now the link between national growth and improvement in people's lives has been severed.

Different times need different types of leadership.

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

My father's biggest achievement was to motivate the South Korean people, to show them we could become prosperous if we worked hard. He taught me to love my country, and serve my country.

Big businesses aren't the only ones in the economic ecosystem. Nobody should fall behind because of an unfair structure.

I have no family to take care of.

I will end the history of division and conflict through reconciliation and fairness.

In the 21st century, culture is power.

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.

South Korea's economy is still difficult. I will create a country where nobody worries about putting food on the table.

A Christian message or moral cannot redeem a text marred by shoddy workmanship.

It's only when you put action into practice will you ever really unlock the real possibilities that surround you.

Personally, I read a lot of scripts.

Flee flattery, false praise and fair weather friends

The earth is the earth as a peasant sees it, the world is the world as a duchess sees it, and anyway a duchess would be nothing if the earth was not there as the peasant sees it.

Every day you reinvent yourself. You’re always in motion. But you decide every day: forward or backward.

You cannot have a rational discussion with a man who prefers shooting you to being convinced by you.

You are not defined by your possessions, looks, or popularity. You are made in God's image.

The free world wants to feed South Africa to the Red Crocodile [communism], to appease its hunger.

One thing I do know is that we are fortunate to be here and we're here to try and better ourselves and to be good.