Park Geun-hye Quotes & Sayings

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

I will try to work for greater reconciliation, cooperation and peace in North East Asia based on correct perception of history. — Park Geun-hye

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. — Park Geun-hye

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

Different times need different types of leadership. — Park Geun-hye

This year marks 20 years since the Rwandan genocide
the world's greatest humanitarian tragedy of the late 20th century. The international community had pledged 'never again' in the aftermath of the genocide in the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda in the 1990s. Yet, we are witnessing today a different type of humanitarian disaster unfolding in Syria and Iraq. — Park Geun-hye

I will open an era of grand national unity. — Park Geun-hye

I will be the president of the nation who keeps pledges. — Park Geun-hye

I have no family to take care of. — Park Geun-hye

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

In human life, economics precedes politics or culture. — Park Geun-hye

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

I will revive the legend of the economic miracle, making the country a place where people have no worry about living and young people merrily go to work. — Park Geun-hye

I will never forget the will of the people who believed in me wherever I went during the election campaign. — Park Geun-hye

I understand that the end does not justify the means. And this should be a lasting value for democracy. — Park Geun-hye

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. — Park Geun-hye

I couldn't stand back and watch the strong economy that my father envisioned go to ruins. — Park Geun-hye

I know more than anyone the divergent views about my father. I want to be judged on my own merits. — Park Geun-hye

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. — Park Geun-hye

I will end the history of division and conflict through reconciliation and fairness. — Park Geun-hye

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

In the 21st century, culture is power. — Park Geun-hye

I want to be judged on my own merits. — Park Geun-hye

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. — Park Geun-hye

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. — Park Geun-hye

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. — Park Geun-hye

I have no family to take care of and no children to pass wealth to. — Park Geun-hye

I believe that it is an unchanging value of democracy that ends cannot justify the means in politics. — Park Geun-hye