Politician

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

I will never forget the will of the people who believed in me wherever I went during the election campaign.

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

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.

I know more than anyone the divergent views about my father.

My father was criticized as a dictator, but that should not overshadow his accomplishments in restructuring the country. He brought Korea out of 5,000 years of poverty. What he left unaccomplished was democratization of the system.

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

In human life, economics precedes politics or culture.

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

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.

We should change the current economic system dominated by big business groups to a one where small and medium-sized enterprises develop together.

I have no family to take care of and no children to pass wealth to.

Various channels of dialogue must be kept open to build trust. I will meet North Korea's leader if it is needed to develop relations between the two Koreas.

I will keep the promise I made to you to open a new era on the Korean peninsula, based on strong security and trust-based diplomacy.

All facts prove that the Saenuri Party is a group of traitors who stoop to any infamy to realize its ambition to seize power.

We should change the current economic system dominated by big business groups to a one where small and medium-sized enterprises develop together.

All facts prove that the Saenuri Party is a group of traitors who stoop to any infamy to realize its ambition to seize power.

I will open an era of grand national unity.

I will open an era of grand national unity.

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.