Quotes from Moon Jae-in

I hope peace is a part of everyday life.

Denuclearization and the lasting peace on the Korean peninsula cannot be abandoned or delayed, as they are the historical assignment.

I will do whatever it takes to help settle peace on the Korean Peninsula.

My parents fled from North Korea during the Korean War because they despised the North Korean Communist regime. They fled to seek freedom and came to South Korea.

I'll always be on the move for peace in the Korean peninsula. If necessary, I will fly straight to Washington. I will go to Beijing and Tokyo and, if the conditions allow, to Pyongyang as well.

I do not see it as desirable for South Korea to take the back seat and watch discussions between the U.S. and China.

I myself hate the communist North Korean system. That doesn't mean I should let the people in the North suffer under an oppressive regime.

To respond to North Korea by having our own nuclear weapons will not maintain peace on the Korean Peninsula and could lead to a nuclear arms race in Northeast Asia.

I do not agree that South Korea needs to develop our own nuclear weapons or relocate tactical nuclear weapons in the face of North Korea's nuclear threat.

If necessary, we will have to strengthen sanctions even further, but the goal of sanctions must be to bring North Korea back to the negotiating table.

We must work to make the South-North Korea dialogue lead to talks between the United States and North Korea. Only then can we peacefully resolve the North Korean nuclear issue.

I will become a clean president. I will become a president who can retire home as an ordinary citizen and is welcomed by neighbors.

In 1988, the Summer Olympics were held in Korea, which was a divided country... It was an opportunity for the East and the West to come together in harmony and also take a significant role in ending the Cold War era.

I will be a president that can share a glass of soju with the public after work.

Whenever democracy has fallen into a crisis, the Korean people have sprung up in rage.

We will prevent war, whatever it takes.

I will restore a government based on principle and justice.

I will be the proud president of a proud nation.

One of the biggest problems with this THAAD deployment decision was that it lacked democratic procedure, and it has resulted in a wide division of the nation and aggravated foreign relations.

My goal is to resolve the North Korean nuclear problem and solidify peace during my term.

The relationship with China has become more important, not only in terms of economic cooperation but also for strategic cooperation for the peaceful resolution of the North Korean nuclear issue. That is why I am pursuing a balanced diplomacy with the U.S. as well as China.

President Trump also mentioned that under the right conditions, he is willing to engage in dialogue with North Korea.

President Trump should win the Nobel Peace Prize. What we need is only peace.

Poverty dictated my childhood. But there were benefits as well: I became independent, more mature than my peers, and I realized that money is not the most important thing in life.