18 Quotes by Kim Dae-jung

Only the truly magnanimous and strong are capable of forgiving and loving.

Democracy is the absolute value that makes for human dignity, as well as the only road to sustained economic development and social justice.

You know, North Korea situation is far worse than East Germany, and South Korea is weaker than West Germany.

To realize peace on the Korean peninsula, and to develop exchange, cooperation between both Koreas, they are the, you know, immediate target of our government.

Unification is not our present goal. That is a future program.

Unification is one thing, and stability in Northeast Asia is another thing.

So if North Korea continues present isolation, then with such economic difficulties the North Korean government must meet a very serious situation in the future.

And also, we are providing, you know, a nuclear power plant in the north, two light water systems, so some 4 or 5 billion dollars we are providing to meet with North Korean requests on the condition North Korea will not produce a nuclear weapon.

If America would withdraw from South Korea, there could be a power struggle between such as China and Japan.