Juan Manuel Santos quotes - page 2

Juan Manuel Santos is a Colombian politician and economist who served as President of Colombia. His efforts to end the country’s longstanding civil conflict with FARC earned him international recognition. He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his work toward peace in Colombia. Here are 51 of his quotes:

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. (Juan Manuel Santos)
Protectionism is something that will hurt everybody, but especially the United States. View quote
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Believe me, it is much harder to make peace than war. View quote
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Corruption is one of the high priorities of my agenda. View quote
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I want total peace for Colombia. View quote
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We in Colombia always hope for Venezuela to prosper. View quote
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When I was defense minister, I was very popular, and now that I'm president, I'm unpopular because I'm trying to make peace. It's much easier to make war and get trophies. View quote
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There have been many examples in the world of people doing crazy things because they want to keep war going. View quote
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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. View quote
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My ideal - and here, the sky is the limit - is to attract foreign investment via concessions. View quote
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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. (Juan Manuel Santos)
That is why every military officer fights - so that there may be peace. View quote
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You can't settle a 50-year conflict in 52 weeks. View quote
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We have had this happen in the past, right in Colombia: there were amnesties for everybody, guerrilla members were elected mayors, senators. Today there are senators who are - who were previously guerrillas. View quote
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I don't like to generate too many expectations. View quote
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The Bolivarian revolution has no future and it has shown a lack of results. View quote
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A perfect peace is not possible; it doesn't exist. View quote
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The fight against drug trafficking by the Colombian government has been present, and the Americans themselves are the first to recognize that. View quote
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Colombia is applauded for the efforts that we continue to make to combat drug trafficking. View quote
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The Colombian economy is very strong. We have one of the highest rates of growth in Latin America. View quote
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I would never accept general impunity for the guerrillas! (Juan Manuel Santos)
I fight terrorism as if there was no peace process, and I negotiate the peace process as if there was no terrorism. View quote
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There are times for making war and times for making peace. View quote
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I have the complete support of the military. I personally served in the navy. View quote
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When you have another person take part in the interview, you must notify the interviewee. View quote
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Juan Manuel Santos

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Occupation: Colombian Politician
Born: August 10, 1951
Quotes count: 51

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